Blow for Khan as fan poll looks sets to pit Maidana against Mayweather in Vegas

By Mike Dawes

Published: 07:27 EST, 5 February 2014 | Updated: 07:49 EST, 5 February 2014

Amir Khan's prospects of fighting world light-middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jnr appear bleak, with Marcos Maidana the favourite to challenge.

Mayweather wants to fight either one of the two and left it up to his Twitter followers to decide.

The 36-year-old tweeted: 'I'm going to let the fans vote. Tell me who I should fight next. Khan or Maidana?' The American's last fight came in September when he Saul Alvarez.

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And early indications suggest that Khan won't be the man to take on Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 3.

Eighty per cent of fans have voted for Maidana, who has won 35 of his 38 career bouts, on a fightnews.com poll.

Khan had hoped that a new deal signed in December put him in a position to be able to set up a fight with Mayweather.

Next up: Maidana is set to face Mayweather in Las Vegas, according to Khan