Colin Lynes
| Colin Lynes | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Colin Lynes |
| Rated at | Light welterweight |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Born | 26 November 1977 Whitechapel, England |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 48 |
| Wins | 37 |
| Wins by KO | 12 |
| Losses | 11 |
Colin Lynes is a British professional boxer from Hornchurch, London. He is a former IBO World, British and European champion at light welterweight and is the reigning British champion at welterweight.
Lynes begun his pro career in June 1998 with a 1st round knockout of Lee Frost at the Broadway Theatre in Barking, London. He continued with 3 more quick victories over Ram Singh, Brian Coleman and Trevor Smith before finally completing the distance against Marc Smith. However hand problems in his next fight against Dennis Griffin forced him to develop an effective counter punching style. After compiling an unbeaten ledger of 20–0 he found himself in December 2002 competing for the IBO inter-continental light welterweight title, winning by 9th round tko against American Richard Kiley. He lost the title however in his next fight, when at the York Hall he was stopped in the 8th round by South African Samuel Malinga.
Following the defeat Lynes regrouped by winning his next three fights setting himself up for a shot at the full IBO light welterweight champion Argentinian Daniel Sarmiento. The fight at the Goresbrook Leisure Center in Dagenham in May 2005 ended with a split decision victory for the Englishman. This time he made his first defence a successful one when in Brentwood, Essex he met American Juaquin Gallardo winning by majority decision.
In October 2005 Lynes met fellow Brit Junior Witter for the British, Commonwealth and European titles losing a 12 round decision. He followed this defeat by losing again, this time to Lenny Daws still a 12–0 prospect for the English Southern Area title. The fight which ended with Lynes being stopped in the 9th round also doubled as an eliminator for the full British title with Daws going on to win the full crown.
Lynes regrouped from his back to back defeats with two wins before in June 2007 he met Scotsman Barry Morrison for the full British title. The fight which took place at the Civic Center in Motherwell ended with Lynes claiming victory after 12 rounds. He defended the title in his next fight which also saw Lynes compete for the vacant European title. The opponent was Wolverhampton's Young Mutley, the former British Welterweight champion, the fight ended with an 8th round win for Lynes who was now a double champion. The Finnish fighter Juho Tolppola was next in line for Lynes for his first defence of his European crown with the fight ending in another 12 round win for the Englishman.
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