Posted in News John Cooney dead at 28: Irish boxer passes away a week after emergency brain surgery following title fight in Belfast as tributes pour in February 9, 2025 Cooney was stopped in the ninth round of the fight, which was the first defence of his Celtic super-featherweight title, and suffered an intracranial haemorrhage. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-14376041/John-Cooney-dead-28-Irish-boxer-passes-away-week-emergency-brain-surgery-following-title-fight-Belfast-tributes-pour-in.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490