BREAKING: Boxer John Cooney dies aged 28 a week after emergency brain surgery following defeat

Boxer John Cooney has died aged 28 aft being rushed to infirmary a week agone pursuing his decision to Nathan Howells successful Belfast, with the Irishman having undergone country connected an intracranial haemorrhage

Boxer John Cooney has died astatine the property of 28 a week aft being defeated by Nathan Howells, with the Irishman rushed to infirmary pursuing the bout.

A connection connected Monday said that the 28-year-old was successful intensive attraction pursuing his decision to Welshman Nathan Howells astatine the Ulster Hall past Saturday.

The bout was stopped successful the ninth circular and Cooney had subsequently undergone country aft it was discovered helium had an intracranial haemorrhage. The bout was his archetypal defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title.

A further connection was posted connected Saturday nighttime by promoter Mark Dunlop connected behalf of the Cooney family, confirming that the boxer had died pursuing a “week of battling for his life”.

It read: “It is with implicit devastation that we person to denote that aft a week of battling for his beingness John Cooney has sadly passed away.

“Mr and Mrs Cooney and his fiancee Emmaleen would similar to convey the unit astatine Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital who person worked tirelessly to prevention John’s beingness and for everyone who has sent messages of enactment and prayers.

“He was a overmuch loved son, member and spouse and it volition instrumentality america each a beingness to hide however peculiar helium was. RIP John “the Kid” Cooney.”

Cooney won the rubric with a triumph implicit Liam Gaynor successful Dublin successful November 2023 but spent a twelvemonth retired of the ringing with a manus injury. He returned successful October with a triumph implicit Tampela Maharusi.