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 ...

"It will take us all a lifetime to forget how special he was," read a statement announcing the athlete's death Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

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 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, his promoter Mark Dunlop has announced. A statement on Monday said that the 28-year-old was in intensive care following his defeat to Welshman Nathan Howells at the ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title ...

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 ...

John Cooney is fighting for his life after being stopped in the ninth round by Nathan Howells in their Celtic super-featherweight championship clash John Cooney was placed on a stretcher and wheeled ...

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, ...