Chicago favorite Spider Webb.

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The old timers here talk about the spider.
He was a big hit on the old Chicago Stadium. A great venue.
Back in the fifties when Chicago was a boxing capital.
He was extremely popular with victories over :
Terry Downes
Joey Giardello
Dick Tiger
Rory Calhoun
Holly Mimms
Pat McAteer
And Chicago rival the tough Bobby Boyd.
An older gent I work with says that he knows Spider well and says he wound up in law enforcement in Tennesee after his boxing days.

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Spider Webb, according to Terry Downes and others, was one of the most under-rated middleweights of all time. A very good fighter. Possibly could have been a champion had he been in another era that was less full of talent.