Where Are They Now? Boxing Legend Al ‘Ice’ Cole

Frederik Anya of TSC staying alongside in legend. I’ll ice coal we’re here for kicking it put an end to bullying at the Concordia Golf Club now. How’s your golf game. It’s getting a little bit better surprises getting it a little bit better and it can’t be too bad because this is my first time. I’m playing. So anything better is worse now our good friend Ray Mercer who’s been a longtime contributor of this great cause does a great foundation. He claims that you and have been a world champion without him nah, I’m hearing rumors, it might be the other way around. Oh, yes. Yes. Like is my buddy.

We’ve been amateur pals. We was both in the Army together. No one really realized that I was a light heavyweight. He was the heavyweight. So Mercer was always fighting in Germany overseas then when he came to the US. He didn’t really know nobody because he’s been overseas and I was just trying to motivate him to tell him, what’s fighters better and was fighting worse that is which was he could easily knock out him mad, if it didn’t even matter which one he could knock out cuz he knocked them all out for sure. And you’re somebody that is a New Jersey, legend it grew up in grew up in South Jersey and to see the kind of the resurgence in Atlantic City.

And in overall the sport in New Jersey, what are your thoughts, and all that. I’m really not sure because, you know what depends on a lot of funds like we was very big when boxers came along boxers faded off. So, we’re not the same as it used to be. That’s the big thing, but we had a big thing with the triple threat Ray Mercer charger and myself. We all came off the Olympic team. So when boxing was back then in the early 90s up to 2000 that’s when Boz was boxing now it’s coming back. It’s coming back, but it’s not as excite. They’re just starting to bring back some stuff.

Yeah, I mean, I do think with like ESPN Boston does. Oh, and I mean, it is tough to keep up with all of it because it’s on different networks. But the nice thing is a lot of these companies are investing in boxing. Oh, yes. That’s a good thing because there’s so many more companies like, well, not like I said when we as fight. It was the triple threat of rain Mercer Charles Moreau myself, but also add other up-and-coming guys was a big fan favor at or God. He got restless soul. So back then boxer was really excited and fun now and every casino was like, big exciting fight who was like always back a kalmo’s back to the days of with sugar rain them was own ABC Wide World of Sports for you as a boxer.

What was the toughest aspect of boxing was it the training the weight cut getting to the fight was the hardest part for you myself. It was the same thing about being keep myself Mowgli faith, I had to keep myself very focused had to be motivated because I was dominant champ for six years. So it came a routine the main thing that was thought about me to make the weight there’s still foot stay focused and stay hungry that was the main thing because you know, fight game was these fighting is easy training is was hot well said. Now we are. Of course, here for bullion. We’re kicking it.

He talked a little bit brought you here today and the great cause were promoting. Oh, well, you know, kicking it kicking is a great thing because, you know what people I realize I’m six five now, but I was a little skinny more when I graduated high school. I was only 145 6-1. So people always didn’t think I was big and strong, but I had a little attitude. And I didn’t want nobody pushed me around back. Then, you know, we call it, you know, push around playing around now. I took it to a different level of being seriously being bullied a lot of people being bullied.

So, and I’m really glad to show people like me as a little skinny kid, no one ever thought I’d be a world champ Olympia little skinny get it 6-1 145 there’s not the most masculine man in the world. So, but the thing about it is about the bullying and pushes every child tease everybody could do everything. And so we don’t want to know me to be bullied or pushed around because I teach the kids even in school sometimes just to teach and I’ll believe believe in yourself. Everybody’s not gonna be a great athlete. Everybody’s not gonna be a superstar. So, you can define be the best whatever you could be in what you want to do.

So that’s what trying to encourage everybody self in their own belief now desire some people want to be chefs. Some people want to be cooked the different things, you know, some people want to be athlete. Some want to be a scientist just be the best that you could be very wise words from a very wise man. I would imagine to events like this be able to help people going to positively impact people. That’s gonna help you in your transition out of the ring, right? Because I know nothing can compare to being in that ring and being the world champ, but do events like this kind of help you feel that void being able to help people make a positive impact and kind of building a legacy off of what you did in the ring?

Yes. Yes. Definitely because, you know what I wasn’t the biggest and baddest dude or the toughest person or the in-crowd. I wasn’t on the in-crowd I was teased bigger because I did use back then just call me four eyes, I had these big old Guinea Google glasses and everything. So I always been teased and push down on a lot. I just call me mr. Peabody for some of y’all old all the people don’t know that the big time as a kid, I used to go look for fossils. So I was always teased and picked on being a brainiac Seebeck is boy like you just say that movie Revenge of the Nerds this showing like right now.

I try to tell everybody you the people are so-called picking on these nerds they so-called nerds. I said you better watch I wasn’t trying to become. All those so-called Nerds friends cuz then a few years later, they’re gonna be your CEO, they’re gonna be your vice president. They’re gonna be your boss. So you better learn to quit picking on these people and be their friends. So, that’s the difference when I’m trying to learn instead of just kicking it instead of just beating friends cuz you’re gonna need them in the future you’re not proving something to anybody, but yourself really, you know, you don’t worry about the bullies here at the end of the day your if you’re gonna be successful.

You gotta prove to yourself that you can do it. And then rest will follow exactly. That’s what I say be the best you could be don’t worry about everybody else just be the best that you could be then that will lead. It was a pleasure to talk to you, sir. Before we let you go, where can fans find you online? Oh, well, you know what I’m just my Instagram. I’m starting another Instagram was gonna be ice-cold 190 and that’s what it is name is al called Alfred cold, but you see ice cold 190 on Instagram my name is Alfred ice cold we’re bullying we’re kicking it together.