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