There has been precious little domestic action contested by the 'pound-for-pound' elite since the turn of the year but Amir Khan's decision to ditch Frank Warren for Golden Boy could have major P4P ramifications in 2010.

Khan, of course, produced that sizzling 76-second destruction of Dmitriy Salita just before Christmas to retain his WBA light-welterweight title - but his decision to part company with Warren in the New Year caused far more ripples in the game than his smashing of the unbeaten Ukraine-born New Yorker.

Warren resurrected Khan's career in the wake of his shocking loss to Breidis Prescott less than 18 months ago, bringing him back and then securing him an unlikely world-title tilt at 10st which Khan grabbed with two hands against Andreas Kotelnik.

And it was thought the pair of them would move on to crack America over the next 18 months.

But as former promoter Mickey Duff once pithily remarked on the subject of fidelity in the fight game: "If you want loyalty, buy yourself a dog".

Khan has ditched Warren and decided to link up with Golden Boy, who are unquestionably the most powerful promotional outfit in the sport right now.

The move also means that a match between Khan and Ricky Hatton is now a very real possibility. Hatton split acrimoniously from Warren a few years ago and as a result the chances of the pair ever working together on a promotion again were slim.

But with Warren now out of the way, and given Hatton's ties with Golden Boy, a mega-money domestic showdown could be on the cards for the back end of the year.

A few years ago I would have made Hatton a heavy favourite to beat Khan, who at that stage was a classy lightweight on the way up while Hatton was an established two-weight world champion.

However, times change and if the pair meet later this year I see the result as far less cut and dried.

Hatton announced last month that he is to fight on and the word is he could go in with Juan Manuel Marquez this summer in Manchester.

He needs a big fight and a big win against someone like Marquez to prove to the doubters that he is still a threat at world level and that he's still 'pound-for-pound' material.

His stunning KO loss to Manny Pacquiao last summer had plenty writing his ring obituary but with his only defeats coming against 'pound-for-pound' kings Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we should surely give him the benefit of the doubt at 31.

He stays just ahead of Carl Froch in our current list but I'm not sure how long that will last if Froch goes to Denmark and does a number on Mikkel Kessler in April.

One man who does move up a few notches on our list is Kevin Mitchell, who was almost punch perfect in beating former Khan conqueror Prescott on that December Newcastle bill.

Mitchell boxed to orders under the watchful gaze of the evergreen Jimmy Tibbs and the 'Dagenham Destroyer' proved he can be something of a ring cutie when the mood takes him.

Prescott can bang but Mitchell boxed his ears off for the most part to take a unanimous decision and put himself firmly in the world lightweight picture.

A bout with fellow unbeaten (and 'pound-for-pound' star) John Murray would be one for the ages but I wouldn't hold my breath about that one occurring anytime soon as the pair seem to be being moved in different directions, though for the record I still fancy Murray to win that fight at this stage of their respective careers.

Sportinglife.com pound-for-pound British top 10:

1 - David Haye

2 - Ricky Hatton

3 - Carl Froch

4 - Amir Khan

5 - John Murray

6 - Kell Brook

7 - Kevin Mitchell

8 - Junior Witter

9 - Nathan Cleverly

10 - Rendall Munroe

Honourable mentions: Darren Barker, Jamie Moore, Anthony Small and Matthew Macklin.