Al Cole

Alfred Rudolph Cole (born April 21, 1964), best known as Al Cole, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011. He held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight title from 1992 to 1996.

Professional career Cruiserweight 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 and 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".

Heavyweight 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. 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."

Training career Cole is now a professional boxing trainer. He has trained USBA Heavyweight Champion Maurice Harris for Boxing 360.

Professional boxing record 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), Mar 3, 2005

50 Loss 34–13–3

UD 10 Mar 11, 2004

49 Loss 34–12–3

UD 12 Oct 30, 2003

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), 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), Feb 19, 2000

36 Win 31–4–1

TKO 8 (10), 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), Sep 4, 1998

32 Win 29–3

UD 10 May 8, 1998

31 Loss 28–3

10 (12), Jun 20, 1997

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

27 Win 26–1

TKO 8 (12), Mar 18, 1995

26 Win 25–1

UD 12 Jul 23, 1994

25 Win 24–1

TKO 5 (12), Nov 17, 1993

24 Win 23–1

UD 12 Jul 16, 1993

23 Win 22–1

UD 12 Feb 28, 1993

22 Win 21–1

UD 12 Jul 30, 1992

21 Win 20–1

TKO 6 (10), Dec 12, 1991

20 Win 19–1

TKO 3 (10), Sep 25, 1991

19 Win 18–1

TKO 11 (12), Jul 25, 1991

18 Win 17–1

UD 12 May 9, 1991

17 Win 16–1

UD 12 Mar 8, 1991

16 Loss 15–1

10 Dec 13, 1990

15 Win 15–0

TKO 4 (8), 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), 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

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

4 Jun 24, 1989

3 Win 3–0

4 May 27, 1989

2 Win 2–0

4 Apr 25, 1989

1 Win 1–0

3 (4), Mar 25, 1989

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2001 Ali Ernie Terrell