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, 28, has tragically died following his ninth-round stoppage defeat at the hands of Nathan Howells at the Ulster Hall in Belfast on Feb. 1. Cooney is most remembered for ...

The death of 28-year-old John Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop on behalf of the Cooney family and his fiancee Emmaleen. "After a week of battling ...

Irish boxer John Cooney has died after sustaining serious injuries in a fight. He was 28. Dunlop added, “He was a much-loved son, brother and partner and it will take us all a lifetime to forget how ...

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 ...

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, ...

"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 ...