Amir Rules!

Oh, I nearly forgot to mention...

As I was on the ferry coming home from my holiday, I was lucky enough to catch Amir Khan's first defence of his Commonwealth Lightweight title. The fight was shown on a big screen in the boat's bar, and it was almost like having a ringside seat.

Regular visitors here, and regular readers of our great free magazine, Regtransfers.co.uk: The World of Personal Number Plates, will recall that Amir was kind enough to have a long chat with our interview team a while ago. Amir shares our enthusiasm for personal number plates, and we enthusiastically follow his fights.

Anyway, the fight was fantastic. Even in the few months since the bout against Limond, Amir has developed as a boxer. His guard was more consistent, with those hands held nice and high, and he looked stronger and more confident than ever - but the confidence was tempered with a calculating edge. You could see him sometimes taking a fraction of a second to think about how he could best exploit each advantage.

When the ref stopped the fight in the fourth round, I think everyone felt relieved that Amir's worthy opponent, Scott Lawton, wouldn't have to take any more of those hooks or uppercuts. I think it also fair to say that no one could dispute the first class perfomance that Amir gave.

That world title will surely be his when the time is right.