Galway-born fighter died after intercranial haemorrhage with fresh calls to make sports such as boxing and rugby safer
A book of condolence has opened in the Ulster Hall in Belfast to pay tribute to boxer John Cooney following his death a week after a title fight in Belfast. Photograph: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker PressJohn Cooney, the young Irish boxer who has died after a title fight in Belfast, has been described by the former world champion Barry McGuigan as a “lovely sweet kid” whose life was “snapped away”.
Talking point: Scotland fail to make Ireland pay price for first-half profligacy during Six Nations gameCooney, from Galway, was defending his Celtic super-featherweight championship title against the Welsh boxer Nathan Howells on Saturday, February 1st when he suffered an intercranial haemorrhage. Dunlop told the BBC that Cooney had a “great character” and “a big future” ahead of him when tragedy struck. “As much as it is a dangerous sport, the fatalities are rare, but they are there,” Dunlop said.
Colin Doherty, a consultant neurologist and head of the school of medicine at Trinity College, Dublin expressed concern about all sports – including rugby – in which players suffer “head injuries, subconcussive and concussive blows”.
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