Fight Record Johnny Cusick (Manchester) - Boxinghistory.org.uk
Fight Record Johnny Cusick (Manchester) - Boxinghistory.org.uk
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<strong>Johnny</strong> <strong>Cusick</strong> (<strong>Manchester</strong>)<br />
Active: 1932-1949<br />
Weight classes fought in: fly, bantam, feather<br />
<strong>Record</strong>ed fights: 85 contests (won: 68 lost: 14 drew: 3)<br />
Born: 27th January 1916<br />
Manager: John Bennett<br />
<strong>Fight</strong> <strong>Record</strong><br />
1932<br />
Sep 23 Peter Kane (Golborne) LRTD5(6) Wargrave Social Club, Earlestown<br />
Source: Newton-le-Willows and Earlestown Guardian<br />
Dec 5 Tim Gregory (Fallowfield) WRTD4(6) Buxton<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Dec 7 Tim Gregory (Fallowfield) WPTS(6) Stadium, Northenden<br />
Source: Boxing 14/12/1932 page 10<br />
Promoter: J Walker<br />
Dec 26 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) WRTD2(6) Stockport<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
1933<br />
Jan 8 Paddy Bannister (Ardwick) WPTS(8) <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)
Jan 15 Paddy Bannister (Ardwick) LPTS(8) Stadium, Hulme<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Jan 29 Jack Healey (Ancoats) WPTS(8) <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Feb 6 Joe Skelly (Barnsley) WPTS(6) Central Hall, Stockport<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Feb 19 Alec Shaw (Miles Platting) WRTD2(8) Gorton<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Feb 26 Tommy Atherton (Openshaw) WPTS(8) Gorton<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Mar 12 Paddy Ryan (<strong>Manchester</strong>) LPTS(8) Hulme<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Ryan boxed for the British Flyweight Title 1939 and 1941 and was<br />
Northern Area Flyweight Champion 1939.<br />
Mar 13 Tim Gregory (Fallowfield) WPTS(6) Stockport<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Dec 4 Brian Healey (Gorton) LPTS(6) Stockport<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
1934<br />
Jan 23 Frank Healey (Bradford) WPTS(6) Ashton-under-Lyne<br />
Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian)<br />
Mar 16 Bob Egerton (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(8) King Ge<strong>org</strong>e's Hall, Blackburn<br />
Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)<br />
Apr 15 Boy Atherton (St Helens) WPTS(6) Stockport<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Aug 26 Cyclone Kelly (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(10) Ardwick<br />
Source: Brian Strickland (Boxing Historian)<br />
1935<br />
Jan 25 Laddie Hines (Colne) DRAW(10) Majestic Rink, Preston<br />
Source: Lancashire Daily Post(Preston)<br />
Feb 18 Taffy Matthews (Salford) WPTS(10) Altrincham<br />
Source: Boxing 20/02/1935 page 10<br />
Feb 24 <strong>Johnny</strong> Roberts (Salford) LPTS(10) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 27/02/1935 page 17<br />
Sep 29 Arly Hollingsworth (Sheffield) WPTS(10) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 02/10/1935 page 21<br />
Hollingsworth boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1931.<br />
Oct 6 Chris Dillon (Accrington) WPTS(12) Regent Sporting Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 09/10/1935 page 21
Oct 24 Syd Rose (Preston) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Boxing 30/10/1935 page 23<br />
Match made at 8st 7lbs<br />
Nov 3 Nipper Mack (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(15) Regent Sporting Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 06/11/1935 page 19<br />
Match made at 8st 7lbs<br />
£15 a side<br />
Nov 17 Ge<strong>org</strong>e Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 20/11/1935 page 21<br />
Marsden boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1935.<br />
Nov 28 Eric Jones (Coalville) WPTS(10) Sheffield<br />
Source: Boxing 04/12/1935 page 17<br />
Jones boxed a British Flyweight Title Eliminator 1939 and was Southern<br />
Area Flyweight Champion 1939.<br />
Dec 5 Bob Healey (Bolton) WPTS(12) Winter Gardens, Morecambe<br />
Source: Boxing 11/12/1935 page 17<br />
Dec 16 Billy Miller (Leeds) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 18/12/1935 page 12<br />
Dec 22 Tommy Tune (Barnsley) WPTS(15) Regent Sporting Club, Salford<br />
Source: Boxing 26/12/1935 page 19<br />
Match made at 8st 8lbs<br />
1936<br />
Jan 17 Billy Miller (Leeds) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 22/01/1936 page 17<br />
Jan 30 Len Hampston (Batley) WKO5(15) Town Hall, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 05/02/1936 page 18<br />
Hampston boxed for the British Bantamweight Title 1935 and 1938<br />
and was Northern Area Bantamweight Champion 1937.<br />
Match made at 8st 7lbs<br />
27 second count<br />
Feb 9 Ellis Ashurst (Denaby) WPTS(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 12/02/1936 page 22<br />
Ashurst boxed for the Northern Area Flyweight Title 1935.<br />
Ashurst sub for Mickey Summers<br />
Feb 24 Ge<strong>org</strong>e Marsden (Nottingham) WPTS(15) Victoria Baths, Nottingham<br />
Source: Boxing 26/02/1936 page 14<br />
(Northern Area Bantamweight Title Eliminator)<br />
Mar 5 Mog Mason (Gilfach Goch) WPTS(10) Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 11/03/1936 page 20<br />
Mason was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1934-36 and 1937.<br />
Match made at 8st 9lbs<br />
Referee: Tom Gamble
Mar 23 Fred Morris (Stepney) WPTS(10) Town Hall, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 25/03/1936 page 14<br />
Morris was Southern Area Bantamweight Champion 1934.<br />
Mar 31 Bobby Magee (North Shields) WRSF8(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 08/04/1936 pages 21 and 22<br />
May 3 Ken Barrett (Cardiff) WRSF7(12) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 06/05/1936 page 21<br />
Barrett boxed for the Welsh Flyweight Title 1935.<br />
Match made at 8st 9lbs<br />
May 18 Jackie Brown (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 20/05/1936 page 14<br />
(Northern Area Bantamweight Title Eliminator)<br />
Brown was British Flyweight Champion 1929-30 and 1931-35 and European<br />
Flyweight Champion 1931-32 and World Flyweight Champion 1932-35.<br />
Jul 13 Jackie Brown (<strong>Manchester</strong>) LPTS(15) Junction Stadium, Miles Platting<br />
Source: Boxing 15/07/1936 page 11<br />
Match made at 8st 6lbs<br />
Billed as elim for Northern Area Bantam title<br />
Aug 11 KO M<strong>org</strong>an (USA) WDSQ4(10) Cathkin Park, Glasgow<br />
Source: Boxing 19/08/1936 page 21<br />
Match made at 9st<br />
Aug 16 Bobby Hinds (South Elmsall) WPTS(12) Stadium, Rotherham<br />
Source: Boxing 19/08/1936 page 23<br />
Attendance: 3000<br />
Sep 14 Jim McInally (Glasgow) DRAW(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 16/09/1936 pages 11 and 12<br />
McInally boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator 1936 and was<br />
Scottish Area Bantamweight Champion 1935.<br />
Match made at 8st 12lbs<br />
Oct 12 <strong>Johnny</strong> King (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(12) Kings Hall, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 14/10/1936 page 16<br />
King was British Bantamweight Champion 1932-34 and 1935-47 and British<br />
Empire Bantamweight Champion 1932-34.<br />
Match made at 9st<br />
Oct 26 <strong>Johnny</strong> Truesdale (Belfast) WPTS(10) Darlington<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 04/11/1936 page 23<br />
Nov 2 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) WPTS(12) New St James Hall, Newcastle<br />
Source: Boxing 04/11/1936 page 15<br />
Nov 16 Len Beynon (Swansea) WPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea<br />
Source: Boxing 18/11/1936 pages 12 and 13<br />
Beynon boxed a British Bantamweight Title Eliminator three times in 1933<br />
and again in 1934 and 1936 and was Welsh Area Bantamweight<br />
Champion 1932-33 and 1934 and 1936.
Nov 27 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WPTS(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 02/12/1936 pages 15 and 16<br />
1937<br />
Jan 8 Tommy Burns (Stockton) WPTS(10) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 13/01/1937 page 15<br />
Burns boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator twice in 1950 and<br />
was Northern Area Featherweight Champion 1949.<br />
Feb 8 Ginger Roberts (Whitley Bay) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 10/02/1937 page 11<br />
Roberts was Northern Area Welterweight Champion 1950-51.<br />
Match made at 9st 4lbs<br />
Feb 19 <strong>Johnny</strong> Kilburn (North Shields) WPTS(10) Royal Hall, Harrogate<br />
Source: Boxing 24/02/1937 page 17<br />
Mar 8 Dick Titley (Walsall) WKO2(10) Brook Street Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield<br />
Source: Boxing 10/03/1937 page 12<br />
Mar 24 Frank McCudden (Glasgow) WPTS(12) Kelvin Hall, Glasgow<br />
Source: Boxing 31/03/1937 page 8<br />
McCudden boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1937 and was<br />
Scottish Area Featherweight Champion 1936-38.<br />
Promoter: Dingley promotions<br />
Apr 12 Al Capone (West Hartlepool) WKO4(10) West Hartlepool<br />
Source: Boxing 14/04/1937 page 11<br />
Apr 23 Harry Edwards (Birmingham) WRSF5(12) Tower Circus, Blackpool<br />
Source: Boxing 28/04/1937 pages 19 and 20<br />
May 31 Alex Alston (Preston) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/06/1937 pages 11 and 12<br />
<strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 1lbs Alston 9st 1lbs 12ozs<br />
Jun 15 Benny Caplan (St Ge<strong>org</strong>e's) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay<br />
Source: Boxing 23/06/1937 page 14<br />
Caplan boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1938 and was Southern<br />
Area Featherweight Champion 1937.<br />
Jul 29 Frank Harsen (France) WPTS(12) Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 04/08/1937 page 12<br />
Referee: J Lawson(Newcastle)<br />
Sep 27 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 29/09/1937 page 12<br />
(Northern Area Featherweight Title)<br />
Charlton boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1937 and 1938.<br />
Oct 26 Cuthbert Taylor (Merthyr) WPTS(10) Leeds<br />
Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian)<br />
Taylor was Welsh Area Bantamweight Champion 1929.
Nov 25 Spider Jim Kelly (Derry) WPTS(15) King's Hall, Belfast<br />
Source: Boxing 01/12/1937 pages 22 and 23<br />
(British Featherweight Title Eliminator)<br />
Kelly was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1938-39.<br />
Referee: Wilfred Smith Attendance: 9000<br />
Dec 20 Dick Corbett (Bethnal Green) LPTS(12) Mannesmann Hall, Swansea<br />
Source: Boxing 22/12/1937 pages 12 and 13<br />
Corbett was British and British Empire Bantamweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934.<br />
1938<br />
Jan 31 Benny Sharkey (Newcastle) LDSQ8(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 09/02/1938 page 21<br />
Mar 28 Benny Caplan (St Ge<strong>org</strong>e's) LPTS(15) Town Hall, Leeds<br />
Source: Boxing 30/03/1938 page 12<br />
(British Featherweight Title Final Eliminator)<br />
Apr 28 Freddie Miller (USA) LKO7(12) Stadium, Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing 04/05/1938 pages 15 and 16<br />
Match made at 9st 7lbs <strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 5lbs 8ozs Miller 9st 2lbs<br />
Aug 4 Spider Jim Kelly (Derry) WPTS(10) Tolka Park, Dublin<br />
Source: Boxing 10/08/1938 page 18<br />
Promoter: Nat Joseph & Ge<strong>org</strong>e Dingley Attendance: 14000<br />
Sep 30 <strong>Johnny</strong> McGrory (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Theatre Royal, Dublin<br />
Source: Boxing 05/10/1938 pages 18 and 19<br />
McGrory was British and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1936-38.<br />
Match made at 9st 6lbs<br />
Promoter: messrs Nat Joseph & Ge<strong>org</strong>e Dingley<br />
Oct 31 <strong>Johnny</strong> King (<strong>Manchester</strong>) WPTS(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 02/11/1938 pages 11 and 12<br />
Match made at 9st 2lbs <strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 1lbs 8ozs King 9st 1lbs 8ozs<br />
Referee: CB Thomas<br />
Nov 30 Billy Charlton (Gateshead) WPTS(15) New St James Hall, Newcastle<br />
Source: Boxing 07/12/1938 pages 16 and 17<br />
(Northern Area Featherweight Title)<br />
1939<br />
Jan 30 Frank Parkes (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Sutton-in-Ashfield<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 08/02/1939 page 4<br />
Parkes was North Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1949-50 and<br />
Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1953-56.<br />
Mar 6 Eugene Peyre (France) WRSF10(12) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 08/03/1939 page 13
Jun 28 Spider Jim Kelly (Derry) WRSF12(15) King's Hall, Belfast<br />
Source: Boxing 05/07/1939 pages 18 and 20<br />
(British Featherweight Title)<br />
Referee: Jack Hart Attendance: 10000<br />
Aug 5 Bernard Leroux (France) WPTS(10) Monte Carlo<br />
Source: Boxing 09/08/1939 page 8<br />
Oct 4 Tom Smith (Sunderland) LPTS(10) New St James Hall, Newcastle<br />
Source: Boxing 11/10/1939 page 9<br />
Smith boxed for the British Featherweight Title 1940 and was Northern<br />
Area Featherweight Champion 1940.<br />
Match made at 9st 3lbs <strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 5lbs<br />
Referee: Ben Green<br />
both overweight<br />
Nov 6 Frank Parkes (Nottingham) WPTS(10) Ice Stadium, Nottingham<br />
Source: Boxing 08/11/1939 page 2<br />
1940<br />
Feb 1 Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) LPTS(15) Liverpool<br />
Source: Boxing Weekly <strong>Record</strong> 07/02/1940 page 16<br />
(British Featherweight Title)<br />
Tarleton was British Featherweight Champion 1931-32 and 1934-36 and British<br />
Featherweight Champion 1940-47 and British Empire Featherweight Champion 1940-45.<br />
Apr 1 Ginger Roberts (Whitley Bay) WPTS(10) <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing 03/04/1940 page 2<br />
Apr 22 Al Lyttle (Belfast) WPTS(8) Belfast<br />
Source: Boxing 24/04/1940 page 16<br />
Lyttle was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1938-40.<br />
1942<br />
Jun 23 Cpl. Briggs (Ireland) DRAW(3) Ceylon<br />
Source: Boxing News 09/07/1942 page 13<br />
Nov 1 Gunboat Jack (Ceylon) WPTS(10) Ceylon<br />
Source: Boxing News 18/02/1943 page 13<br />
1947<br />
Jan 6 Billy Marlow (Battersea) WRSF7(8) Nottingham<br />
Source: Boxing News 15/01/1947 page 13<br />
Feb 10 Jimmy Stubbs (Runcorn) WPTS(8) <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing News 05/03/1947 pages 9 and 10<br />
<strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 1lbs 4ozs Stubbs 9st 4lbs 8ozs
Apr 28 Ben Duffy (Jarrow) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing News 07/05/1947 page 14<br />
Duffy boxed for the Northern Area Featherweight Title 1945 and 1946 and 1949.<br />
<strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 7lbs 4ozs Duffy 9st 7lbs<br />
Aug 8 Arthur Machtelinck (Belgium) LPTS(10) Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing News 13/08/1947 page 12<br />
<strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 1lbs 8ozs Machtelinck 9st 1lbs<br />
Nov 7 Frank Williams (Birkenhead) LDSQ5 Belle Vue, <strong>Manchester</strong><br />
Source: Boxing News 12/11/1947 page 11<br />
<strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 1lbs 5ozs Williams 9st 5lbs<br />
1949<br />
Apr 26 Billy Barton (Liverpool) WPTS(8) Palais de Danse, Ashton-under-Lyne<br />
Source: Boxing News 11/05/1949 page 12<br />
<strong>Cusick</strong> 9st 8lbs Barton 9st 12lbs<br />
Promoter: John Merriman<br />
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