Al Cole | |
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Born | Alfred Rudolph Cole April 21, 1964 |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Ice |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Reach | 80 in (203 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 54 |
Wins | 35 |
Wins by KO | 16 |
Losses | 16 |
Draws | 3 |
Alfred Rudolph Cole (born April 21, 1964), best known as Al Cole, is an American former professional boxer. He won the IBF cruiserweight title and was a major force in the division until moving up to heavyweight, where he had less success. In 2001, Cole portrayed boxer Ernie Terrell in the film Ali . [1]
Cole, at 6'4", was a large and dominant cruiserweight boxer. Later in his career, he did not have the size or power to compete at the upper echelon of the heavyweight division when he moved up in weight class. He listed his hometown as Spring Valley, New York. Cole began his career on a 20-1 tear and captured the cruiserweight title by defeating IBF champ James Warring after only three years as a professional. Cole went on to defend the title five times. His most notable defenses came against Uriah Grant (a fighter who beat Thomas Hearns). Cole defeated Grant twice by unanimous decision. Throughout his career Al Cole has appeared in movies with several big actors such as Robert De Niro, Will Smith, John Voight, Jamie Foxx, Jeffrey Wright & Catherine Zeta-Jones. In one of the movies Al Cole appeared in, Ali, people got knocked out during the audition. Cole was cited -"People really got knocked out auditioning for the movie roles".
Cole went up to heavyweight without losing his title. In his first heavyweight fight, Cole was nearly swept on all cards by Tim Witherspoon in a unanimous decision loss. A year later, Cole was TKO'd by Michael Grant in the 10th round. Cole then had brief success by drawing over ten rounds with up and coming, undefeated prospect Kirk Johnson. Johnson was to win the rematch via unanimous decision, a loss which began Cole's career downfall. Cole went on to lose to Corrie Sanders and Jameel McCline. Cole's career then had a brief resurgence with a victory over undefeated Vincent Maddalone, a unanimous decision over David Izonritei, and a draw with Jeremy Williams). Cole failed to build on the momentum though, dropping decisions to Lance Whitaker, former heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman, and finally a TKO loss to Sultan Ibragimov. Cole then retired, but returned to defeat heavyweight prospect Joey "Minnesota Ice" Abell on September 5 in Sweden. A year later, he was defeated by fringe contender Timur Ibragimov. [2] Cole had scheduled to fight a rematch with Abell in 2010 in Uganda, but that bout fell through. Reflecting on his long career in boxing, Cole noted "I gave people what they wanted to see-an action-packed fight." [3]
Cole is now a professional boxing trainer. He is currently training USBA Heavyweight Champion Maurice Harris for Boxing 360.
54 fights | 35 wins | 16 losses |
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By knockout | 16 | 4 |
By decision | 19 | 12 |
Draws | 3 |
DQ | Disqualification | RTD | Corner retirement |
KO | Knockout | SD | Split decision / split draw |
MD | Majority decision / majority draw | TD | Technical decision / technical draw |
NC | No contest | TKO | Technical knockout |
PTS | Points decision | UD | Unanimous decision / unanimous draw |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round(s), time | Date | Location | Notes |
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54 | Loss | 35–16–3 | ![]() | SD | 6 | Sep 3, 2011 | ![]() | |
53 | Loss | 35–15–3 | ![]() | UD | 6 | Sep 4, 2009 | ![]() | |
52 | Win | 35–14–3 | ![]() | SD | 6 | Sep 5, 2008 | ![]() | |
51 | Loss | 34–14–3 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (12), 1:46 | Mar 3, 2005 | ![]() | For WBO Asia Pacific heavyweight title |
50 | Loss | 34–13–3 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Mar 11, 2004 | ![]() | |
49 | Loss | 34–12–3 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Oct 30, 2003 | ![]() | For NABA heavyweight title |
48 | Win | 34–11–3 | ![]() | UD | 6 | Aug 22, 2003 | ![]() | |
47 | Win | 33–11–3 | ![]() | UD | 8 | Mar 1, 2003 | ![]() | |
46 | Draw | 32–11–3 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | Jan 30, 2003 | ![]() | |
45 | Loss | 32–11–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Aug 31, 2002 | ![]() | |
44 | Win | 32–10–2 | ![]() | UD | 6 | Jun 29, 2002 | ![]() | |
43 | Loss | 31–10–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Jan 26, 2002 | ![]() | |
42 | Loss | 31–9–2 | ![]() | TKO | 6 (8), 1:10 | Aug 4, 2001 | ![]() | |
41 | Loss | 31–8–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | May 25, 2001 | ![]() | |
40 | Loss | 31–7–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Dec 8, 2000 | ![]() | |
39 | Loss | 31–6–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Sep 14, 2000 | ![]() | |
38 | Draw | 31–5–2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | Apr 27, 2000 | ![]() | |
37 | Loss | 31–5–1 | ![]() | TKO | 1 (12), 1:03 | Feb 19, 2000 | ![]() | For WBU heavyweight title |
36 | Win | 31–4–1 | ![]() | TKO | 8 (10), 2:25 | Nov 29, 1999 | ![]() | |
35 | Loss | 30–4–1 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Mar 20, 1999 | ![]() | |
34 | Draw | 30–3–1 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | Dec 8, 1998 | ![]() | |
33 | Win | 30–3 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (10), 2:23 | Sep 4, 1998 | ![]() | |
32 | Win | 29–3 | ![]() | UD | 10 | May 8, 1998 | ![]() | |
31 | Loss | 28–3 | ![]() | RTD | 10 (12), 3:00 | Jun 20, 1997 | ![]() | For IBC heavyweight title |
30 | Win | 28–2 | ![]() | KO | 1 (10) | Nov 22, 1996 | ![]() | |
29 | Loss | 27–2 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Jan 12, 1996 | ![]() | |
28 | Win | 27–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Jun 24, 1995 | ![]() | Retained IBF cruiserweight title |
27 | Win | 26–1 | ![]() | TKO | 8 (12), 3:00 | Mar 18, 1995 | ![]() | |
26 | Win | 25–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Jul 23, 1994 | ![]() | Retained IBF cruiserweight title |
25 | Win | 24–1 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (12), 1:08 | Nov 17, 1993 | ![]() | Retained IBF cruiserweight title |
24 | Win | 23–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Jul 16, 1993 | ![]() | Retained IBF cruiserweight title |
23 | Win | 22–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Feb 28, 1993 | ![]() | Retained IBF cruiserweight title |
22 | Win | 21–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Jul 30, 1992 | ![]() | Won IBF cruiserweight title |
21 | Win | 20–1 | ![]() | TKO | 6 (10), 1:42 | Dec 12, 1991 | ![]() | |
20 | Win | 19–1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (10), 3:00 | Sep 25, 1991 | ![]() | |
19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() | TKO | 11 (12), 2:08 | Jul 25, 1991 | ![]() | Retained USBA cruiserweight title |
18 | Win | 17–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | May 9, 1991 | ![]() | Retained USBA cruiserweight title |
17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Mar 8, 1991 | ![]() | Won USBA cruiserweight title |
16 | Loss | 15–1 | ![]() | SD | 10 | Dec 13, 1990 | ![]() | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (8), 1:09 | Sep 27, 1990 | ![]() | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() | UD | 10 | Aug 5, 1990 | ![]() | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() | UD | 8 | Jun 24, 1990 | ![]() | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (?) | Jun 12, 1990 | ![]() | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() | TKO | 5 (8) | May 3, 1990 | ![]() | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (8), 1:18 | Mar 22, 1990 | ![]() | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() | UD | 6 | Jan 7, 1990 | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (6) | Nov 14, 1989 | ![]() | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() | KO | 5 (?) | Oct 20, 1989 | ![]() | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() | PTS | 6 | Sep 12, 1989 | ![]() | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 (?) | Aug 15, 1989 | ![]() | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() | PTS | 4 | Jun 24, 1989 | ![]() | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() | MD | 4 | May 27, 1989 | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | UD | 4 | Apr 25, 1989 | ![]() | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | TKO | 3 (4), 1:06 | Mar 25, 1989 | ![]() | Professional debut |