<p>Irish boxer John Cooney has died aged 28 from injuries sustained in a bout on February 1, his promoter announced on Saturday.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; said a statement by promoter Mark Dunlop.</p>
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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.

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