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Il Duce wrote: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}.

Il Duce wrote:

Flump wrote:When you think of poor Heavyweight challengers Il Duce, how do you rate Terry Daniels? And would you say this was worthy of being a heavyweight elimination contest?

1971 + White Heavyweight = TV Dollars for January 1972

Terry Daniels did earn #10 WBA Heavyweight Ranking after 'upsetting' {TKO 3} #12 WBA-ranked
Ted Gullick in his hometown {Cleveland} in October 1971.

Worthy, no, not by a long-shot.

Could say that the Texas Heavyweight Champion earned every cent of the $35,000 'Fight Purse'
for a 4-Round beating though.

Il Duce wrote:

Ambling Alp II wrote:This is just too good to pass up.

Yes a very impressive win. Interesting that Gullick did lose his previous fight to none other than Cleveland Williams. Interesting, since this was 5 years[/i] after Williams was supposedly washed up when he fought Ali.

Gotta love this logic!

Yes, Ted Gullick did lose a 10-Round Majority Decision to 38 year-old Cleveland Williams on April 28, 1971.

But Box/Rec is missing Ted Gullick's '5-Straight' Knockout wins in Ohio from May 1971 thru September 1971.

Ambling Alp II wrote:This is just too good to pass up.

Yes a very impressive win. Interesting that Gullick did lose his previous fight to none other than Cleveland Williams. Interesting, since this was 5 years[/i] after Williams was supposedly washed up when he fought Ali.

Gotta love this logic!

BoxBuzz wrote:

Il Duce wrote:

Ambling Alp II wrote:This is just too good to pass up.

Yes a very impressive win. Interesting that Gullick did lose his previous fight to none other than Cleveland Williams. Interesting, since this was 5 years[/i] after Williams was supposedly washed up when he fought Ali.

Gotta love this logic!

Yes, Ted Gullick did lose a 10-Round Majority Decision to 38 year-old Cleveland Williams on April 28, 1971.

But Box/Rec is missing Ted Gullick's '5-Straight' Knockout wins in Ohio from May 1971 thru September 1971.

Do you have a scintilla of evidence of this? Or is this "imagineering"?
And if so.....does this mean that Cleveland's win over this guy somehow increases Williams credibility as a contender.

Careful how you answer this. Cuz I might want to pick this up again....either way. lol.

hhaehre wrote:

Ambling Alp II wrote:This is just too good to pass up.

Yes a very impressive win. Interesting that Gullick did lose his previous fight to none other than Cleveland Williams. Interesting, since this was 5 years[/i] after Williams was supposedly washed up when he fought Ali.

Gotta love this logic!

How 'bout this: In his absolute prime, around the time he was destroyed by Liston for the second time, Williams was not good enough to win a title. Not good enough in the 60's, not good enough in any other era. Is anybody worshiping Holmes for the way he handled Marvis Frazier or David Bey?

Dart340 wrote:He may not have been a deserving challenger, but anyone that ever watched the Frazier fight itself has to have come away with a great deal of respect for Terry Daniels. He treated his shot with respect and fought with heart and courage and truly went out on his shield that night.

BoxBuzz wrote:Well Said Dempsey....Hear Here!

Dart340 wrote:Pretty sure Terry's son posted either here or on a companion board and detailed his father having serious issues with dementia as a result of too many ring wars. I know he made a fair living as a travelling opponent for many years after the Frazier loss, but he suffered quite a few stoppage losses along the way. Glad he had his moment on the Big Stage.

Dart340 wrote: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?

Dart340 wrote: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 wrote: ↑11 Aug 2013, 03:29

Il Duce wrote: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).