The fight was stopped in the ninth round and Cooney was taken to hospital. It was his first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title.
John Cooney
Irish boxer John Cooney has died aged 28 from injuries sustained in a bout on February 1, his promoter announced on Saturday.
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The Irishman had been in intensive care after suffering an intracranial haemorrhage as he lost to Welshman Nathan Howells in a bout in Belfast last Saturday.
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The fight was stopped in the ninth round and Cooney was taken to hospital. It was his first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title.
“It is with complete devastation that we have to announce that after a week of battling for his life John Cooney has sadly passed away,” said a statement by promoter Mark Dunlop.
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