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John Cooney: Family 'devastated' at loss of fighter

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Irish boxer John Cooney suffered an intracranial haemorrhage a week after a title fight in Belfast .

His aunt Georgina Ivors said: "The people are just amazing and we're very touched" Cooney 's manager Mark Dunlop said his family "don't blame anybody" for his death.

Northern Ireland's Sports Minister Gordon Lyons paid tribute to Cooney .