For most of Tuesday night, career rivals Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao engaged in a war of words.

Pacquiao (62-7-2) defeated WBA welterweight world champion Keith Thurman in Las Vegas last week, with Mayweather, who boasts a 50-0 record and beat his fellow great in 2015, in attendance.

But Mayweather was angered that his name was mentioned within the numerous reports of Pacquiao's victory, prompting an incredible social media back-and-forth.

Mayweather first posted a lengthy message on Instagram, saying in part: "I find it real ironic how every time Pacquiao's name is brought up in the media, my name is always attached to it.

"This man's entire legacy and career has been built off its association with my name and it's about time you all stop using my brand for clout chasing and clickbait and let that man's name hold weight of its own. For years, all you heard was that 'Floyd is afraid of Manny Pacquiao'. But what's funny is, when we finally fought, I won so easily that everyone had to eat their words!"

That led to a response from Pacquiao on Twitter in which he appeared to ask for a rematch.

The 42-year-old, who last fought competitively against Conor McGregor in 2017, took to Instagram again and wrote: "Bottom line, I make more money than you; I beat you, then I signed you!

"I was only at your fight supervising you, my employee, as any real BOSS would do. You made $10million for 12 rounds, when I just made $9m in under three minutes playing around in an exhibition with a pizza delivery guy! I beat you mentally, physically and financially! Remember, you fight because you have to, I fight when I want to!"

Mayweather knocked out Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition on New Year's Eve, with Pacquiao calling out his old foe three weeks later.

Four division world champion Adrien Broner, who Pacquiao dominated back in January, believes Mayweather would once again come out on top in a rematch.

"Floyd going to f*** buddy up," Broner said to TMZ Sports. "It might be worse [this time]!"

"They'll fight again. That's why they doing all this cappin'. They'll fight again. Floyd going to beat his ass again ... Floyd going to f*** him up again and they both going to retire."