234SPORT- FANS VOTING TO DECIDE MAYWEATHER NEXT OPPONENT

Boxing's pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will let boxing fans decide who will be his next opponent on May 3 at MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nev.
Mayweather, who won world championships in five different weight division and is universally recognized as the best boxer on the planet, posted on his Twitter the photos of Great Britain's Amir Khan and Argentina's Marcos Maidana as his top contenders for his Cinco de Mayo event.

Khan and Maidana already fought each other once in their careers with the Briton grinding out a unanimous decision victory over the Argentine brawler in 2010. Despite the loss, Maidana made a furious rally towards the end of the match and even put Khan on the brink of absorbing another knockout loss. Since then, Khan suffered defeats at the hands of Lamont Peterson and Jr. Welterweight kingpin Danny Garcia. Last June, Khan barely outpointed Mexican veteran slugger Julio Diaz in a non-title bout in Sheffield.
On the other hand, Maidana has been on a roll since his loss to Khan as he won six of his last seven fights, including victories against Mexican legend Erik Morales, welterweight contender Jesús Soto Karass, and recently pound-for-pound rising star Adrien Broner.
Several months ago, Khan emerged as the clear-cut favorite to take on Mayweather Jr., but the sensational win of Maidana over the previously undefeated Broner in their WBA Welterweight fight last December catapulted him as an intriguing opponent for Money May.

Khan signed a contract in December that put him in line for a possible showdown with Mayweather this year, but the Briton is still waiting to find out if he will face the unbeaten world light-middleweight champion.
A bout in May in Las Vegas has been mooted as a possibility, but Khan is not the only contender for Mayweather, with Argentine Maidana also an option for the 36-year-old American.
Now pound-for-pound world No 1, Mayweather has sought the opinion of fans as to which of the two he should face, writing on his Twitter account: “I’m going to let the fans vote. Tell me who I should fight next. Khan or Maidana?”
Khan, a former world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist, has been holding out for a lucrative fight with Mayweather since suffering a scare in his last fight – a dramatic points victory over Julio Diaz – in Sheffield last April.
He has a 28-3 record as a professional, while Mayweather has won all 45 of his bouts, including victory over the previously undefeated Ricky Hatton in 2008.