The Wanted have offered to settle their differences with One Direction in the boxing ring.

The two UK/Ireland boybands have regularly taken swipes at each other on Twitter and in interviews, with no true resolution coming forth.

Speaking in the US, Max George said that he reckons the two groups could battle it out in a boxing match - and they could raise money for charity in the process. He said:

"We would like a boxing match - them against us. It would be brilliant for TV and I have no problem with it at all."

The singer continued: "They've got 12 million followers on Twitter and I get that they have an army of kids. But instead of doing that if they have got an issue, why don't we actually do something financially - like make some money for a charity, and blow off some steam in a boxing ring."

Bandmate Jay McGuiness meanwhile added: "We haven't spoken [to One Direction]. I think no matter how much you try to avoid it, people are always gearing up for, you know, what do you think of them, what do they think of you? It's going to be really hard to ever have a real friendship and we don't see them enough for that - we're not going to lose any sleep over it."