Johnny "Nipper" Cusick (27 January 1916 – 1 March 1990) was an English professional bantam/

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boxer of the 1930s and 1940s who won the

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(BBBofC) Northern (England) Area featherweight title, BBBofC British featherweight title, and British Empire featherweight title. His professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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. Johnny Cusick was managed by John Bennett.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cusick, Johnny 1916 births Bantamweight boxers English male boxers Featherweight boxers Lightweight boxers People from Hulme Place of death missing Boxers from Manchester Welterweight boxers 1990 deaths 20th-century English sportsmen