Colin Lynes was born on 26 November 1977 and is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2017.
16 Facts About Colin Lynes
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Colin Lynes held the IBO super lightweight title from 2004 to 2005.
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Colin Lynes continued with 3 more quick victories over Ram Singh, Brian Coleman and Trevor Smith before finally completing the distance against Marc Smith.
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Colin Lynes 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.
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In October 2005 Colin Lynes met fellow Brit Junior Witter for the British, Commonwealth and European titles losing a 12-round decision.
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Colin 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.
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Colin Lynes defended the title in his next fight which saw Lynes compete for the vacant European title.
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The opponent was Wolverhampton's Young Mutley, the former British Welterweight champion, the fight ended with an 8th round win for Colin Lynes who was now a double champion.
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McCloskey ended up winning the fight when Colin Lynes retired in the 9th round.
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The victory for McCloskey over Colin Lynes meant that he became the mandatory challenger for Colin Lynes' old European belt which was now vacant, only for a hand injury to rule the Irishman out only two weeks before the fight.
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On 4 December 2009 Colin Lynes competed in Sky's Prizefighter knock out style tournament.
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The competition included a number of successful British light welterweight boxers from recent years with Colin Lynes winning two contests to reach the final.
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The final saw Colin Lynes compete with Newbridge's Gavin Rees, a man who had briefly held the World WBA light welterweight championship in 2007 and who was supported at ringside by former stablemate Joe Calzaghe.
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On 7 June 2011 Colin Lynes took part in the Prizefighter tournament although this time it was the welterweight version at the York Hall in Bethnal Green.
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Colin Lynes reached the semi-finals beating his stablemate Bobby Gladman in the quarter-finals but losing to eventual winner Yassine El Maachi with a controversial split decision in the semi's.
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On 9 November 2011 Colin Lynes challenged Lee Purdy for the British welterweight championship, winning after 12 rounds via majority decision.