It was his first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title. The fight was stopped in the ninth round, and it later emerged Cooney had an intracranial haemorrhage. In a statement on social ...
John Cooney: Irish boxer dies after suffering brain injury in Celtic super-featherweight title fight
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 ...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — 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.
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