Colin back on the right Lynes, says Tibbs

Trainer Jimmy Tibbs says that former British and European light-welterweight champion Colin Lynes, whose next fight is on Saturday 12th February 2011 at Olympia in Liverpool, might not be done with titles just yet - though he will campaign up a division. 

“Colin Lynes is fighting on the 12th February. He’s been with us for about six months now. Because of weight problems he’s suffered a bit, he’s decided to move up to welterweight. We’ve had him moving about with some good middleweights, light-middleweights and he’s as strong as an ox.

"Give him a couple of warm up fights and he’ll end up fighting for a welterweight title, whether that’s the British title, Commonwealth title or European title, and he will win it because of the life he lives and the way he looks after himself. He’s always in condition, and that doesn’t mean to say that he’s training every day.

"He looks after his body when he’s not training, and that’s what a lot of youngsters should learn in this game today. They have one fight, two fights, they go away and come back rolypolys and all they’re doing is not training to get fight fit, they’re training to get the weight off.

"I’ve got a couple of fighters that should go to a clinic and see a doctor because they’re going to be in serious trouble in years to come. Whereas Colin Lynes is 33 years of age, he’s had 41 fights and he’s not got a mark on him. He’s got the rhythm of a 20 year-old because he looks after his body in and out the ring. He’s got a spring in his step, he’s still got that, he makes people work, in and out, in and out all the time, he makes them move their body about. That’s because he looks after himself when he’s not boxing."

Colin Lynes, against a yet to be named opponent, will be on the undercard of the Matchroom Sports promoted John Watson versus Anthony Crolla, for the vacant British lightweight title.