Boxer John Cooney fighting for his life in intensive care after doctors discovered brain injury following title fight

BOXING prima John Cooney is warring for his beingness successful intensive attraction aft doctors discovered a encephalon wounded aft his latest fight.

The Irish combatant suffered decision successful the archetypal defence of his Celtic super-featherweight rubric connected Saturday.

Cooney was beaten by Welshman Nathan Howells astatine Belfast's Ulster Hall with a stoppage successful the ninth round.

But aft being treated by medics astatine the fight, helium was rapidly stretchered to the Royal Victoria Hospital for further tests.

And it was determination that doctors discovered Cooney had suffered a bleed connected his brain.

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