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whats the whisper about lynes fighting for a european title in paris? anyone know anything about this strange low level rumour?

any idea of what weight at, highley unlikely though

Perhaps the Irish kid is out of the Mbaye fight and Lynes is in

chris s wrote:Perhaps the Irish kid is out of the Mbaye fight and Lynes is in

I hope not i rate McCloskey highly. I think he'll smash M'Baye to bits.

i guess lynes would be an obvious replacement if mcclosky is out.I think hed have a good chance,thought he was unlucky against branco in italy

mbaye is overrated imo

Thats not logical at all because Lynes would beat M'baye and then Mc Closkey would have to fight Lynes again even though he demolished him for 7 of 9 rounds and ultimately made him retire on his stool.

brian13 wrote:Thats not logical at all because Lynes would beat M'baye and then Mc Closkey would have to fight Lynes again even though he demolished him for 7 of 9 rounds and ultimately made him retire on his stool.

yep that would not be a good situation.Can anyone confirm if mcclosky is actually out?

McCloskey hasn't been answering his phone at all in the lead up to this bout. I didn't think much of it and put it down to an intense secret training camp until you mentioned this. Could something be going on?

CAN LYNES WIN??????????

yeah mbaye will get jabbed for twelve rounds

Mbaye is style wise all wrong for Lynes... but I think he SHOULD have too much for him, I would be confident if it was in the UK.

Lynes needs to follow the Gavin Rees formula, which Barrie Jones used very effectively. Educated pressure throwing lots of punches.

Mbaye has a good jab and it still world class when up against a non pressure fighter. Ngougdjio tried to outbox Mbaye and failed on my card.

yeah, colin is a much better fighter technically than rees but gavin fought well against mbaye and that style - getting in, throwing lots of punches and getting out again - was perfect to cause the upset. its just that i cannot see lynes fighting like that. he will trust in that left jab to break mbaye down. this will not be as effective as the rees ploy so its going to be close. plus its in paris. lynes has to learn from the branco defeat that you leave nothing to chance in the other guys back yard which it will be in effect.
finally, i was ringside for colin's loss to mcclosky and both me and my dad - a good boxing analyst - thought that performance showed maybe lynes was no longer in love with the sport. if this is the case it'll be a decent payday but another defeat that a year ago he would have won.

harrygreb wrote:yeah, colin is a much better fighter technically than rees but gavin fought well against mbaye and that style - getting in, throwing lots of punches and getting out again - was perfect to cause the upset. its just that i cannot see lynes fighting like that. he will trust in that left jab to break mbaye down. this will not be as effective as the rees ploy so its going to be close. plus its in paris. lynes has to learn from the branco defeat that you leave nothing to chance in the other guys back yard which it will be in effect.
finally, i was ringside for colin's loss to mcclosky and both me and my dad - a good boxing analyst - thought that performance showed maybe lynes was no longer in love with the sport. if this is the case it'll be a decent payday but another defeat that a year ago he would have won.

Cant believe you think colin is anything but a consumate proffesional , shame on you.

anyone got any ideas what time this is meant to start

Anyone know what the hell is happening with this? It's tonight, right? If so, what time?

can we watch it in the uk anywhere

thanks

french tv just starting the broadcast.

any links

no i am watching it on tv round my mates house.

Can you keep us updated on here, mate?

what channel is it on

canal + sport

Anthony Mezaache is on now that will probably go 12

oh i remember his opponent he was on eurosport when Paulus Moses beat him up.

For the EBU title?