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 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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...