Irish boxer John Cooney dies a week after being injured in the Super-Featherweight title
Irish boxer John Cooney died a week after taking him to intensive care after being defeated by the Celtic Super-Feathertete of Nathan Howells in Belfast.
The death of 28-year-old Cooney was announced on Saturday in a statement Published by his promoter Mark Dunlop On behalf of the Cooney family and his fiancée Emmaleen.
“After a week of fighting for his life, John Cooney unfortunately died,” the statement said. “He was a very beloved son, brother and partner and it will take us all his life to forget how special he was. Rip John ‘The Kid’ Cooney.”
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Cooney’s fight with Howells was stopped in the ninth round in Ulster Hall.
Cooney was subsequently undergoing surgery after being discovered that he had intracranial bleeding.
“Mr. and Mrs. Cooney and his fiancé Emmaleen would like to thank the staff at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital, who tirelessly worked to save John’s life and for all who sent messages of support and prayer,” the statement said.
IN Another statement Posted on Sunday, Dunlop’s family said he “lived and died, chasing his dream” and indicated that his or her organs would be donated.
“Mr. and Mrs. Cooney brilliantly comforting knowing that the intermittent loss of John will now help the lives of others,” the statement said,
The fight with the Welsh boxer Howells was Cooney’s first defense of the Celtic Super-Feather title.
Cooney won the title with a victory over Liam Gaynor in Dublin in November 2023, but spent a year out of the ring with his hands injury. He returned in October with a victory over Tampel Maharus.
“He was just a lovely child,” former Boxing World Boxing Champion Barry McGuigan said BBC Radio 5 Live. “It is shocking and sad and heartily.”
Other boxers died of injuries sustained in the ring in recent months. Last November, Fiji Boxer Ubayd Haider died More than two weeks after she collapsed at the end of the fight for a super feature title against a Chinese boxer based in Australia. In July, boxer Lemuel Silisia died of a head injury just a few days after his maiden title, and Innew southern Wales, ABC reported.
About two months before that British boxer Sherif Lawal died After he was killed by his head during his professional debut in London.
