Welterweight's Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana involve themselves in a Twitter exchange as they continue to await Floyd Mayweather's decision on his next opponent.

WBA welterwight champion Marcos Maidana has called on Amir Khan to face him rather than Floyd Mayweather in the British fighter's next bout.

Both men are currently the subject of a poll by Mayweather, who is close to naming his next opponent, but after Khan used social media to doubt Maidana's capabilities in a match with the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Maidana responded by challenging the former Olympic medallist.

Khan, who defeated Maidana on points in a light-welterweight contest in December 2010, responded by insisting that he has no reason to take a second encounter with the Argentine combatant.

After his offer was seemingly rejected by Khan, Maidana replied by claiming that the Brit was the only boxer not willing to face him when he next defends the WBA welterweight title that he won from Adrien Broner two months ago.

Khan hasn't fought since edging past Julio Diaz last April, while Maidana could be forced into a rematch with Broner sometime in the spring.

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