{{Short description|American boxer (1931–2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Ellsworth Webb | full_name = | image = | caption = | sport = Boxing | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|11|20}} | birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|11|23|1931|11|20}} | death_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States }}
'''Ellsworth Webb''' (November 20, 1931 – November 23, 2017) was an American boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/spider-webb-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/spider-webb-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Ellsworth Webb Olympic Results |accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibroresearch.com/2018/01/rip-ellsworth-spider-webb/|title=RIP Ellsworth (Spider) Webb|first=Dan|last=Cuoco|date=January 13, 2018|website=IBRO|access-date=June 2, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603080552/https://www.ibroresearch.com/2018/01/rip-ellsworth-spider-webb/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Professional boxing career== Ellsworth, nicknamed "Spider", was a top ranked middleweight contender who fought for the World Boxing Association's (then known as National Boxing Association) version of the world Middleweight title on December 4, 1959, losing by unanimous fifteen-round decision to Gene Fullmer in Logan, Utah.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/login?error=please%20login,%20it%20is%20free,%20you%20get%20more%20data%20and%20it%20helps%20us%20manage%20the%20load%20on%20the%20servers|title=BoxRec: Login|website=boxrec.com}}</ref> He also lost to Dick Tiger<ref name="auto"/> but had notable wins over Tiger,<ref name="auto"/> Joey Giardello<ref name="auto"/>Terry Downes,<ref name="auto"/> Rory Calhoun,<ref name="auto"/> Randy Sandy,<ref name="auto"/> Holly Mims<ref name="auto"/> and Pat McAteer,<ref name="auto"/> among others.
Webb had 34 wins and 6 losses in 40 professional boxing matches, with 19 wins and 1 loss (in his last fight, against Tiger) by knockout.<ref name="auto"/>
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