Ted Gullick vs. Terry Daniels 'October 19, 1971'

[Dart340]

I remember when Daniels came to Dayton to fight Tom "Roughhouse" Fischer and it was a big deal due to Daniels' rep as a former contender. Fischer was a solid and strong fighter, but not a big puncher and it definitely wasn't a good sign for Daniels that he got stopped in four. Pretty sure he retired soon afterwards.

Duce, didn't Gullick meet an unfortunate end in Cleveland or am I remembering wrong?

[Rover]

I remember when Daniels came to Dayton to fight Tom "Roughhouse" Fischer and it was a big deal due to Daniels' rep as a former contender. Fischer was a solid and strong fighter, but not a big puncher and it definitely wasn't a good sign for Daniels that he got stopped in four. Pretty sure he retired soon afterwards.

Duce, didn't Gullick meet an unfortunate end in Cleveland or am I remembering wrong?

Just curious, as I've never seen him fight: was Fischer a dirty fighter or something? I just ask because of the nickname.

[Dart340]

Rover,

"Roughhouse" Fischer was a 5'10, shaven headed Irish bar bouncer who looked like a human bowling ball who nails for breakfast. It was a great gimmick- probably a take off on area wrestler Sonny "Roughhouse" Fargo- and he looked the part with the goatee and the snarling appearance on fight posters. He was actually fairly good defensively, but his general style was maul and brawl.

[Rover]

Rover,

"Roughhouse" Fischer was a 5'10, shaven headed Irish bar bouncer who looked like a human bowling ball who nails for breakfast. It was a great gimmick- probably a take off on area wrestler Sonny "Roughhouse" Fargo- and he looked the part with the goatee and the snarling appearance on fight posters. He was actually fairly good defensively, but his general style was maul and brawl.

Thanks Dart. I just was intrigued by the nickname.

[Caractacus]

maybe there is a clue about Ted Gullick's in this thread somewhere,

[Caractacus]

Ted Gullick,

A 'muscular' hard-punching 6' 0" 195 lb. Heavyweight out of Cleveland, Ohio.

Was a one-time 'Street Punk', with a bad reputation.

He could definitely punch, and had a powerful and quick right-hand.

Promoted by Don Elbaum, and built up with a lot of press releases in the Ohio and
western Pennsylvania area.

By May of 1970, had compiled a record of 11-0-0 {10 KO's}, and was considered to be a
better overall fighter than George Foreman.

Press releases stated that Ted was a 23 year-old prospect {on paper}, but Ted was really
25 years-old, and had done some jail time in the late-1960's as a result of his 'street thuggery'.

http://ts2.explicit.bing.net/th?id=H.47 ... 5&pid=15.1

Ted burst upon the scene on December 10, 1969 at The Arena in Cleveland.

There, Ted Gullick a 5-Month / '5-Bout' Professional with a record of 5-0-0 {5 KO's} took
on the #2 World Ranked Light-Heavyweight in Sugar Ray Anderson 30-1-0 {19 KO's}.

Though Ted was a Heavyweight {195 lbs.}, he was nowhere near in skill level of the
highly-regarded 179 lb. 'Sugar Ray'.

'Upset Special', as Ted slowly wore the down the more experienced Anderson, and
dropped him '3-Times' enroute to a Knockout {KO 9}.

Wow, some people sure underrated Foreman (regarding the prospect ranking).

very interesting.
" street thuggery " ?