IT was very disappointing for me that ITV showed only one round of my world title fight win over Mario Veit last Saturday yet devoted over an hour to an amateur fighter, Amir Khan - but that's showbusiness.

Khan is the exciting new young kid on the block, very personable and likeable, very articulate and a good boxer and everyone seems to want a piece of him.

If his success brings him a big television deal with ITV and makes boxing one of the major spectator sports again, than I'll be pleased.

When Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn and people were having their fights shown on TV they were attracting 8-9m audiences and it would be great to achieve that kind of interest again.

But I have to say that I don't go along with all the hype and it's by no means certain Khan, who only won an Olympic silver medal remember, not the gold, will go on to be a professional world champion.

Yes, he is only 18: yes, he will be managed by Frank Warren, the shrewdest promoter in the business who will look after his interests; yes, he moves well and has great hand speed. But he has a very upright style, has been put on the canvas and will be fighting in one of the toughest weight divisions, so he still has an awful lot to prove in my book.

He got revenge over Mario Kindelain for his Olympic lightweight final defeat, but Kindelain didn't look the same fighter and, to me, treated the contest more like a sparring session.

The one thing I do like about Khan though is his confidence. He says he wants to become the youngest British world champion, make a fortune and be out of the fight game by 25.

He has set his goals very high, and I'm all for that, but it's one thing setting out your goals and another to achieve them and I hope he doesn't blow his own trumpet too much.

Some people are calling him the best amateur to turn pro since Sugar Ray Leonard and I think that's way over the top.

If I had to bet on it, I would doubt that he will become champion as quickly as he expects, if at all, because Warren will be sensible and make sure he's brought along quietly.

And not all Olympic gold medalists go on to make it as professionals, let alone silver medallists. Some, in fact, quickly disappear into oblivion at pro level because it is so much more difficult.

So though Khan is good and is set to become a star because of his terrestrial TV exposure and is sure to make a lot of money, the jury's still out on whether he'll achieve his world title ambitions.

I expect a lot of you saw my fellow unbeaten super-middleweight Carl Froch again throw down a challenge to me after the Khan fight, claiming he's ready to take my crown.

Well, once again I have to tell you Froch is no more than a loudmouth whose 15 wins have come against 14 doughnuts and a nobody.

It's pathetic and embarrassing for him to think he deserves to be in the same ring as me.

He may be British and Commonwealth champion but he's not beaten one world class fighter.

I think Henry Porras, the guy he beat in America, was ranked eleven by just one governing body, but really he was rubbish.

I'm looking to move forward with a reunification fight or a fight for a second world title. A fight against Froch would be a step backwards.

He fights with his hands near his knes and I think when he comes up against a decent puncher he'll be knocked out. Regarding fighting me, he's right at the back of the queue.

I don't know if any of you saw the world lightweight title fight between Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo on Sky TV but I have to say it was one of the greatest fights I've ever seen.

How Corrales came back from being knocked down twice in round ten to win with both eyes completely shut, I'll never know.

It reminded me of something out of a Rocky film. It was amazing with so many punches landed by both men, yet full of skill as well.

I have to say that I would not like to be involved in a fight like that because of the possible damaging consequences, but now, of course, there is talk of a rematch.

Those guys did not get millions for their battle but they deserved it and a rematch would bring them in a lot more money. But, for their own health, I hope they resist.

On the same bill Ronald 'Winky' Wright, moving up from light-middleweight to middleweight, showed in totally outclassing former world champion Felix Trinidad just how powerful a weapon the jab can be.

A southpaw like myself, Wright's powerful right jab asked all the questions of Trinidad but he found no answers and could never line himself up for his big punches. It's time for him to retire.

I'm off to my family's homeland of Sardinia next week with my girlfriend and my children, so we'll be surrounded by beautiful beaches.

I need a break after almost three months training for the aborted Brian Magee fight and then Veit.