Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney in a picture launched on September 6, 2021. — Fb@jhcboxing/File
Irish super-featherweight boxer John Cooney has died on the age of 28 after struggling a mind damage throughout his Celtic title defence battle towards Welsh opponent Nathan Howells final week, his promoter introduced on Saturday.
“It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that after a week of battling for his life, John Cooney has sadly passed away,” Mark Dunlop of MHD Promotions stated on social media.
The 28-year-old had been in hospital in Belfast after surgical procedure.
‘On arrival on the RVH it was found that John had an intercranial haemorrhage and underwent quick surgical procedure to alleviate the stress on his mind.
He had left the ring on a stretcher after final Saturday’s battle on the metropolis’s Ulster Corridor was stopped within the ninth spherical.
“Such a tragedy to lose this fine young boxer,” stated former featherweight world champion Barry McGuigan.
