# Ellsworth Webb

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{{Short description|American boxer (1931–2017)}}
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| name           = Ellsworth Webb
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| sport          = [Boxing](/source/Boxing)
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1931|11|20}}
| birth_place    = [Tulsa, Oklahoma](/source/Tulsa%2C_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 &ndash; November 23, 2017) was an American [boxer](/source/boxing). He competed in the [men's light middleweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Light_middleweight) event at the [1952 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Gene_Fullmer) in [Logan, Utah](/source/Logan%2C_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](/source/Dick_Tiger)<ref name="auto"/> but had notable wins over Tiger,<ref name="auto"/> [Joey Giardello](/source/Joey_Giardello)<ref name="auto"/>[Terry Downes](/source/Terry_Downes),<ref name="auto"/> Rory Calhoun,<ref name="auto"/> Randy Sandy,<ref name="auto"/> [Holly Mims](/source/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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Category:1931 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:American male boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for the United States
Category:Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Category:Light-middleweight boxers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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