Published February 8, 2025 8:45pm Updated February 8, 2025 8:45pm
Irish boxer John Cooney has died astatine the property of 28 aft suffering a encephalon wounded during his combat with Nathan Howells past weekend.
‘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,’ MHD Promotions said connected behalf of the Cooney family.
‘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 much-loved son, member and spouse and it volition instrumentality america each a beingness to hide however peculiar helium was. RIP John ‘The Kid’ Cooney.’
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