Mr Cooney passed away a week after a title fight in Belfast Northern Ireland's Sports Minister Gordon Lyons described what had happened as a "tragic event". He paid tribute to Cooney in the ...

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

Boxer John Cooney remained in intensive care on Monday evening after being rushed to hospital following a bout in the Ulster ...

Coverage: Watch live on the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website from 18:30 GMT and on BBC Two Northern Ireland from 21:00 ... the bill at the Ulster Hall is Colm 'Posh Boy' Murphy.

Colm Murphy, John Cooney and Teo Alin are all in action at ... it is the first of a series of three boxing events from the BBC in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The likes of Barry McGuigan ...