Do u guys thinks this is a big mismatch. I not a fan of witter but he is a two levels up on Lynnes who is just British Title level not european or world.

I hope Lynnes can pull of a shock as everybody knows cover up for six rounds and after that Witter slows down thas happend in his last two fights

Do u guys thinks this is a big mismatch. I not a fan of witter but he is a two levels up on Lynnes who is just British Title level not european or world.

I hope Lynnes can pull of a shock as everybody knows cover up for six rounds and after that Witter slows down thas happend in his last two fights
I reckon Witter would be too much for Colin at this stage. (With all due respect to Colin, I think Witter would be too much for him at any stage).

I'm not a fan of Witter either... But he's got skills. He's weird though, because sometimes he looks like a million dollars and then in his next fight he'll look f**kin' terrible! :eek:

i think witter will walk through him, too higher class alround, waste of a match for me, witter should be knocking on the top ten doors, arse raping DLH for a quality opponent, okay maybe not arse raping but harrassing alot :D

Yeah this is a mismatch and I agree, Lynes to me is a strictly British level operator who was being lined up to fight Ted Bami after they both won on the same bill a while back but I and a lot of other people thought Lynes lost his bout and funnily enough the talk went pretty quiet about that fight so it could be that his management have decided not to mess about and try for a big fight/payday while they still can and maybe get lucky cos Bami is a dangerous fighter himself so that'd be a high risk fight with little reward whereas Witter is well known and ranked highly in the world so losing to him won't be as bad as losing to the unknown Bami, that's my thinking on Lynes taking the fight but what about Witter? An easy payday is the simple answer to that I think.

true barry buts its another easy payday, hes above this level and its frustrating as ****

We have to criticise him for this one don't we? cos he's always slagging off Ricky Hatton for his opposition pre Tszyu while talking about being the best but on the same note you don't prove that by beating up limited British level opposition at this stage in your career, Lynes is a waste of training time imo, he could do a lot better.

exactly, hes got his high rank with the governing bodies now hes just biding his time, which is wrong imo, hes beaten one fighter of note and he should be building on that, not regressing, im very disappointed with him at the minute

We have to criticise him for this one don't we? cos he's always slagging off Ricky Hatton for his opposition pre Tszyu while talking about being the best but on the same note you don't prove that by beating up limited British level opposition at this stage in your career, Lynes is a waste of training time imo, he could do a lot better.
Absolutly spot on...

Colin Lynes is better than Andreas Kotelnik, he has a better jab and is the type of fighter Witter struggles against(methodical fighter who uses the jab well). He also beat Pablo Sarmiento last year and thats probably the best preparation for a fighter like Witter.

I think Witter SHOULD blow him out of there but its hard to say with any Witter fight, it just depends on which Witter turns up to fight.

I consider this a step up in class for Witter, except for the Ndou win which was OK. That says a lot considering Colin Lynes is just an average fighter who struggles at British level.

Witter better make a big step up after Lynes or i'll forever brand him a bum, remember this fight is less than a month after Cotto vs Torres, so he must have been at a decent weight and in decent condition when he turned Cotto down.

I consider this a step up in class for Witter, except for the Ndou win which was OK. That says a lot considering Colin Lynes is just an average fighter who struggles at British level.

That's really saying something isn't it? And Lynes is one lucky man, we all score fights differently but I thought he lost to both Sarmiento & Gallardo and he was beaten on a tko by A Malinga (Think it was Patrick but can't be sure, there's so many of em!) so Witter's really scraping the barrell with this one but your right about Sarmiento he's a real awkward bastard so Lynes knows all about the tricky fellas but as I say he lost that one for me and Witter hits a good bit harder than Sarmiento. There's no one in Britain at 140 to match Witter apart from Hatton so to build off the Ndou win he should be looking for a top 10 ranked, respected opponent to push his claim for some sort of title shot but this is one of these dangerous treading water fights where guys can get caught out by being complacent or whatever, can't see it happeneing here though.

Colin Lynes is better than Andreas Kotelnik, he has a better jab and is the type of fighter Witter struggles against(methodical fighter who uses the jab well). He also beat Pablo Sarmiento last year and thats probably the best preparation for a fighter like Witter.

I think Witter SHOULD blow him out of there but its hard to say with any Witter fight, it just depends on which Witter turns up to fight.

I consider this a step up in class for Witter, except for the Ndou win which was OK. That says a lot considering Colin Lynes is just an average fighter who struggles at British level.

Witter better make a big step up after Lynes or i'll forever brand him a bum, remember this fight is less than a month after Cotto vs Torres, so he must have been at a decent weight and in decent condition when he turned Cotto down.
Witter didnt turn down Cotto, Cotto didnt want to fight him and neither does anyone else thats why he has had to fight limited opposition. For example Witter would knock out Maussa anyday, but Hatton is going to fight him.

Witter has been calling out Hatton for ages now, but Hatton has been to worried to fight him because there's no one else in the division with his explosive power or complicated style.

Witter didnt turn down Cotto, Cotto didnt want to fight him and neither does anyone else thats why he has had to fight limited opposition. For example Witter would knock out Maussa anyday, but Hatton is going to fight him.

Witter has been calling out Hatton for ages now, but Hatton has been to worried to fight him because there's no one else in the division with his explosive power or complicated style.

You only have to read what Witter said to know he turned down the Cotto fight, he said in HIS WORDS it was offered but at too short notice SO HE TURNED IT DOWN.

Witter was offered Pinto, Magee, Krivolapov, Cotto, etc, etc and he turned them all down, i wouldnt mind but only Cotto and Magee are decent, the other two are nothing a good fighter should worry about.

Witters happy fighting bums, there are so many decent fighters at in and around 140 and your telling me none of them will fight him?? I'm not looking for elite opponents yet, just solid fighters from 147/140/135 like Corley, Tackie, M'baye, Diaz, Lazcano, Harris, Magee, Phillips, Urkal etc, etc, even Henry Bruseles would do!!

That's really saying something isn't it? And Lynes is one lucky man, we all score fights differently but I thought he lost to both Sarmiento & Gallardo and he was beaten on a tko by A Malinga (Think it was Patrick but can't be sure, there's so many of em!) so Witter's really scraping the barrell with this one but your right about Sarmiento he's a real awkward bastard so Lynes knows all about the tricky fellas but as I say he lost that one for me and Witter hits a good bit harder than Sarmiento. There's no one in Britain at 140 to match Witter apart from Hatton so to build off the Ndou win he should be looking for a top 10 ranked, respected opponent to push his claim for some sort of title shot but this is one of these dangerous treading water fights where guys can get caught out by being complacent or whatever, can't see it happeneing here though.

I've never been impressed with Colin Lynes, he's too amateur for the Pro's, he only seems to know the straight shots.

I wish Witter would fight someone soon, i've even emailed him and asked him to step it up. His ability can handle elite fighters but mentally i think he's limited, he's been ducking since the Judah loss, which IMO was a close fight and i would have thought he'd build from it but its totally the oposite, he's learnt the avoid dangerous fighters.

Witter's the type of fighter who looks amazing on the bags in the gym but throw him into a fight and he's not got the heart.

Iwatched Witter fight N'Dou (or somthing like that) the other day, and was not impressed at all.

Hes got power and that Naz-like style, but like Naz he was lazy, loaded up with big shots only to miss (at one point falling over) and kept getting caught because his defence was so low.

If he fought in a more orthadox way he would be good. But we've seen it all before with naz, and he will get beaten by a classy boxer or knocked out by a big puncher.

Witter doesn't really interest me to be honest. I only like to watch Calzaghe, Hatton and Amir Khan from Pakistan. Everyone else doesn't tickle my fancy.

Danny Williams is okay. Cant wait for the Williams-Skelton match.