Career
1988 Olympic Lightweight Bronze Medalist. Olympic Results
1st round bye
Defeated Lee Kang-Su (South of Korea) 5-0
Defeated Kassim Traoré (Mali) Royal Society of Chemistry 2
Defeated Emil Chuprenski (Bulgaria) 3-2
Lost to Andreas Zülow (East Germany) 5-0
Ellis began his professional career in 1989 and later moved up two weight classes. He came up short in his only attempt at a major title.
A 1997 loss to IBF Light Middleweight Title holder Raúl Márquez via TKO in the 4th.
However, he did outbox the heavily favored Vince Phillips in a non-title bout and earned the decision. In 1998 he took on Fernando Vargas and was TKO"d in the 2nd round.
He lost his next fight, in 2001, and retired with a record of 24-4 with 17 ko"son