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 ...

BBC Sport NI introduces you to the seven Irish fighters set to take the stage at the Ulster Hall for Saturday's Nations Fight Night.

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.

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 ...

The manager of John Cooney who passed away from a boxing injury said the fighter knew the dangers “but no one thinks it’s going to come to their door.” The Irish boxer was assessed by a ...

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 ...

"It will take us all a lifetime to forget how special he was," read a statement announcing the athlete's death Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

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.