Irish boxer John Cooney has died at the age of 28 from brain injuries sustained in a fight, his promoter announced on Saturday.

Irish boxer John Cooney died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells.

Irish boxer John Cooney has died after sustaining serious injuries in a fight. He was 28. “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,

Irish boxer John Cooney, 28, has tragically died following his ninth-round stoppage loss in Belfast on Feb. 1.

The death of the 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 fiancee Emmaleen.

The Galway man passed away on Saturday having been in a critical condition for the past week after requiring brain surgery

U.K.-based super-featherweight boxer John Cooney died on Feb. 8, 2025, a week after sustaining an intracranial hemorrhage following a BBBofC Celtic Super Featherweight title fight in Belfast, Ireland,

John Cooney's family have told of their 'complete devastation' following the boxer's death at the age of just 28. The Galway native's death was announced on Saturday in a statement published by his promoter Mark Dunlop, on behalf of the Cooney family and his fiancee, Emmaleen.