Ghana: Boxer dies week after title fight defeat

 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 relieve pressure on his brain following the bout at the Ulster Hall.

Galway man Cooney was assessed by the medical team in the ring before being taken out on a stretch­er and transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.

“It is with complete devastation that we…