I have a simple legislative proposal, which is to eliminate any courtroom defence that an assault was consensual. How could anyone object to that.
The Irish boxer John Cooney has died, his promoter Mark Dunlop has announced, a week after he was injured in a fight in Belfast.
A statement on Monday said that the 28-year-old was in intensive care following his defeat to the Welshman Nathan Howells at the Ulster Hall last Saturday. The bout was stopped in the ninth round and Cooney had subsequently undergone surgery after it was discovered he had an intracranial haemorrhage. The bout was his first defence of the Celtic super-featherweight title.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/ ... ry-in-bout
Belfast is, if I'm up to date on this, subject to British legislation.
I'm quite happy for boxing and its adherents to go underground and illegal and prosecuted, just like dog-fighting, bear-baiting, cock-fighting, slavery, ratting with terriers and fox-hunting. Boxing is equally harmful to society.