Boxer John Cooney dies

Most athletes know the greatest victories don't always come from winning. At the Rice Street Old School Boxing Gym in St.
Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to ...
His moment of glory on Dec 14 earned him the prestigious Ring magazine’s “Upset of the Year” award. Read more at straitstimes.com.