George is the nephew of former world title challenger and trainer Lennox Blackmoore.
[1] During his amateur career George defeated current-IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (x2) and 2004 US Olympian Devin Vargas.
He remained unbeaten for five years (11 wins, 2 draws), racking up wins over Cruiser Chad Van Sickle (record 20-1) and Jermell Barnes before losing his first fight to undefeated amateur star Matt Godfrey in May 2006 by TKO1.
When former two-time heavyweight champion Chris Byrd dropped down two weightclasses to compete at light-heavyweight he chose George as his first fight.
He added a KO1 over shopworn 40-year-old veteran Jaffa Ballogou (46-7) to keep his title hopes at 175 lbs alive but a KO6 to fringe contender Chris Henry (23-2) in 2009 was a big setback for the now 30-year-old George.