Boxer Dies After Suffering Brain Injury In Championship Fight

Irish boxer John Cooney has died aged 28 from injuries sustained in a bout on February 1, his promoter announced on Saturday.

The Irishman had been in intensive care after suffering an intracranial haemorrhage as he lost to Welshman Nathan Howells in a super-featherweight bout in Belfast last Saturday.

The fight was stopped in the ninth round and Cooney was taken to hospital. It was his first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title.

ā€œIt is with complete devastation that we have to announce that after a week of battling for his life John Cooney has sadly passed away,ā€ said a statement issued by promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of the Cooney family.

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ā€œHe was a much loved son, brother and partner and it will take us all a lifetime to forget how special he was. RIP John ā€˜the Kid’ Cooney.ā€

Cooney won the Celtic title with a first-round knock out of Liam Gaynor in Dublin in November 2023 but spent a year out of the ring with a hand injury.

He returned in October with a victory over Tampela Maharusi.

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