Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced on Saturday. “It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after suffering a brain injury in a championship fight, his promoters have said. The 28-year-old from Belfast was taken to intensive care after he lost to ...

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The bout with Welsh boxer Howells was Cooney's first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title. Cooney won the title with a win over Liam Gaynor in Dublin in November 2023, but spent a year ...

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Image: John Cooney has died at the age of 28 Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney, 28, was stopped in the ...

Galway boxer John Cooney had surgery on his brain following his defeat in Belfast a week ago Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast. The death of the 28-year-old ...