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Johnny Cusick

English boxer (1916-2017)

Born
27 January 1916, Hulme
Died
26 December 2017
Sport
boxing
Discipline
welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight
Occupation
boxer

Johnny "Nipper" Cusick (27 January 1916 – 1 March 1990) was an English professional bantam/feather/light/welterweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Northern (England) Area featherweight title, BBBofC British featherweight title, and British Empire featherweight title. His professional fighting weight varied from 117 lb (53 kg; 8 st 5 lb), i.e. Bantamweight to 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb), i.e. Welterweight. Johnny Cusick was managed by John Bennett.

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Facts from Wikidata Q16081581 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.