LONDON — Irish boxer John Cooney has died aged 28 from injuries sustained in a bout on February 1, his promoter announced on Saturday.

The Irishman had been in intensive care after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage as he lost to Welshman Nathan Howells in a super-featherweight bout in Belfast last Saturday.

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