Sultan Ibragimov vs. Alfred Cole

Sultan Ibragimov 216 lbs beat Alfred Cole 234 lbs by TKO at 1:46 in round 3 of 12

• Date: 2005-03-03
• Location: Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr
• Judge: Peter Trematerra
• Judge: Robert Gilson
• Judge: Joe Dwyer

Weights: Ibragimov 216 lbs., Cole 233 3/4 lbs.
Time: 1:46

• World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific Heavyweight Title (2nd defense by Ibragimov)

Notes

• Cole down at :55 of Round 3 from a left hook as he was against the ropes. This was only the second knockdown of Cole's professional career.
• At 1:46 of Round 3, referee Arthur Mercante Jr. waved an end to the bout as Cole was backed into a corner and absorbing punches without an offensive response.
• Sultan became only the fourth man, after Michael Grant, Juan Carlos Gomez and Corrie Sanders, to defeat Cole inside the distance, and only the second, after Sanders, to do so within three rounds.