Professional Record: 34-6-0 (19)
BIOGRAPHY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ELLSWORTH (SPIDER) WEBB
Chicago ILL. Middleweight
Born. November 20, 1931 Tulsa Okla.
Height. 5 ft. 9 1/2 ins.
N.C.A.A. Middleweight Champion 1951-1952.
Competed for the United States in the 1952
Olympics in the light middleweight division.
Lost in first series to Laszlo Papp of Hungary.
 

Former world ranked middleweight contender from November 1956 through February 1961. His highest rating # 2.

In his prime Spider was an all-around fighter who could box as well as punch. He liked to take his time sizing up his opponents before deciding how to launch his attack. He had a rapier left jab and a powerful right cross. He never ducked anyone and was even willing to take on opponents in their own back yard. Although he didn't have the greatest of chins, he was only stopped once and by then he was well past his prime.   

His one big weakness in the ring was that he was bothered by strong persistent opponents like Gene Fullmer, Rory Calhoun and Dick Tiger that threw an abundance of punches and wouldn't allow him to get into any kind of rhythm.  But in his heyday, he beat some of the best middleweights of his era. 

 

 
1953
Jul  1 Jimmy Johnson                 	Chicago                KO  2
Jul 13 Don Carpenter 			Chicago                KO  2
Jul 22 Red Elby 			Chicago                 L  6
Aug 28 Doug Winslow 			lndianapolis          TKO  3
Sep 14 Billy Sinn 			Saginaw                 W  6
Oct  1 Lou Barry 			Detroit                KO  2
Nov  9 Andy Anderson 			Ft. Wayne               W  6
Dec 15 Lloyd Triplett 			Chicago               TKO  3
Dec 29 Jesse Gray 			Chicago               TKO  3

1954
Jan 13 Jimmy Martinez 			Chicago                KO  1
Feb  9 Jimmy Martinez 			Phoenix                KO  6
Feb 23 Jesse Fuentes 			Phoenix                KO  2
Mar 17 Bobby Boyd 			Chicago               TKO  6
       (In U.S. Army)

1955
(In U.S. Army)
1956
May 16 Irvin Thatch 			Chicago               TKO  1
Jun  6 George Boddie 			Chicago                 W  6
Jul 18 Holly Mims 			Chicago                 W 10
Aug 29 Rory Calhoun 			Chicago                 W 10
Oct 10 Charlie Cotton 			Chicago                 W 10
Nov 24 Charlie Green 			Hollywood               W 10
Dec 19 Pat McAteer 			Chicago                KO  2

1957
Feb 15 Neal Rivers 			New York                W 10
Mar 13 Wilf Greaves 			Chicago                 W 10
Apr 17 Randy Sandy 			Chicago                 W 10
Jun 18 Charley Joseph 			New Orleans             L 10
Aug  7 Charley Joseph 			Chicago                 W 10
Oct 16 Jackie LaBua 			Louisville             KO  1
Nov  1 Willie Vaughn 			New York                W 10

1958
Jan 20 Rory Calhoun 			San Francisco          KO  4
Mar 12 Holly Mims 			Ft. Wayne               L 10
May 30 Jimmy Beecham 			Miami Beach             W 10
Jun 24 Dick Tiger 			London                  W 10
Jul 30 Franz Szuzina 			New York              TKO  7
Sep 11 Gene Fullmer 			Salt Lake City          L 10
Nov 19 Joey Giardello 			San Francisco         TKO  7
Dec  9 Terry Downes 			London                TKO  8

1959
Feb 25 Bobby Boyd 			Chicago               TKO  1
Apr 22 Neal Rivers 			Chicago               TKO  4
Dec  4 Gene Fullmer 			Logan                   L 15
       (N. B. A. Middleweight Title)
1960
Feb 26 Rory Calhoun 			San Francisco           W 10
Jul    (Announced retirement)
1961
Apr 15 Dick Tiger 			New York            KO by  6