By Matt Catchpole

Williams hopes to fight Valuev in London in September

Danny Williams has ruled out a re-match with Matt Skelton after his bruising split-decision victory on Saturday.

Commonwealth heavyweight champion Williams, 32, is now focused on a potential world-title fight against WBA champion Nikolay Valuev.

"To my mind there's absolutely no point in fighting Matt again," he told BBC Sport. "It's time now for Danny Williams to move to another level."

Williams wants Valuev to come to London for a September fight.

"My promoter Frank Warren has said publicly that the winner of my fight against Matt Skelton would get a world-title shot against the Russian Valuev and I'm really excited about that," said Williams.

I feel more credit for myself because he was allowed to do everything he wanted to do and I still beat him Danny Williams

The "Brixton bomber" plans to fight a couple of tall opponents before meeting the Russian, although he said that there was nothing to compare with the dimensions of Valuev.

"Seven foot two is way above anything we are used to fighting," Williams admitted.

"I watched him against Larry Donald and I felt he was quite a good boxer, but he was well beatable. To me it looked as if he lost that fight, so I don't think he's anything special and I think I'm more than capable of beating him."

Williams criticised the refereeing in his fight with Skelton - who has a background in martial arts - saying the official had failed to take control.

"He was headbutting, he broke my back about three times. He was breaking the law all the time, but the referee let him get away with it," he said.

Williams says fans at the ExCel Arena enjoyed the fight

"The referee just wasn't strong on the day - with Matthew's style you need to have a strong referee because you know he's going to break the rules, because of his background in K1.

"It doesn't mean that he's intentionally trying to break the rules - it's just the way he's used to fighting."

Williams, though, said the sheer brutality of the contest had made it a great fight for the spectators.

"I feel more credit for myself because he was allowed to do everything he wanted to do and I still beat him. I went toe-to-toe with him and I out-boxed him, so I beat him at both games.

"This fight has got the British scene back buzzing again. I thought it was a really good fight - the last round was cracking."

Williams rated the Skelton fight his third toughest after his bout against Mark Potter, in which he fought with a dislocated shoulder and his defeat to the Ukrainian Vitaly Klitschko.

And he said the bruising encounter was bound to have enhanced his reputation on the world stage.

King prefers Skelton to Williams

"A lot of people had great opinions of Matthew Skelton, even Don King - he really liked him," said Williams.