It was his first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title. The fight was stopped in the ninth round, and it later emerged Cooney had an intracranial haemorrhage. In a statement on social ...

Image: John Cooney has died at the age of 28 Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after his Celtic super-featherweight title fight at the Ulster Hall in Belfast. Cooney, 28, was stopped in the ...

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — 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.

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Galway boxer John Cooney had surgery on his brain following his defeat in Belfast a week ago Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in ...

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Skye Nicolson *Jennifer Miranda is the WBA interim featherweight champion WBO: Ellie Scotney IBF: Ellie Scotney WBA: Nazarena Romero WBC: Yamileth Mercado WBO: Dina Thorslund IBF: Shurretta ...

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Fulton outworked Figueroa over 12 rounds to take a unanimous decision win and capture the WBC featherweight championship, capturing a world championship in the second division of his career.

Anthony Cacace has finally made official what was long expected — vacating his IBF super featherweight world title. Belfast's Cacace released a statement on social media on Friday afternoon ...

On Saturday night, Fulton (22-1, 8 knockouts) has a chance to become a champion again when he meets WBC featherweight champ Brandon Figueroa (25-1-1, 19 KOs) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “I ...