With a few interruptions, boxing techniques continued to be taught at the Naval Academy after 1941 but as an intramural and not as a competitive intercollegiate sport and Webb coached many of the intramural teams. Boxing was dropped as an Inter-collegiate sport at Navy in 1941 due to a loss of recruits due to WWII. It became an inter-collegiate sport again in 1983 under Coach Emerson Smith who carefully researched to determine the safest available amateur headgear and gloves for competitions. An Annual Brigade Boxing Championship continues today for Navy Mid-shipman, featuring head gear and three round matches. The winner receives the Tony Rubino Trophy, named in honor of Webb's replacement as coach in 1954. Considered the "Father of Navy Boxing", the "Spike Webb Outstanding Boxer Award" has been given to the outstanding Navy boxer each year since Webb's retirement in 1954.
