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. The ...

John "The Kid" Cooney, a U.K.-based super-featherweight boxer, has died a week after sustaining a brain injury in a championship fight. He was 28. The late boxer’s management company, MHD Promotions, ...

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, marking at least the sixth boxer 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 after a ...

Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney has died of a brain injury a week after being stopped in his first Celtic title defense against Welshman Nathan Howells, his promoter said on Saturday. “It ...

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 underwent surgery to ...

Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney has died after suffering a brain injury in his clash with Nathan Howells last weekend. Cooney was stopped in the ninth round of the fight, which was the ...

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