Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana Results: Rematch Logical After Tight Brawl

Floyd Mayweather reiterated the phrase multiple times directly after escaping Saturday night's 12-round brawl against Marcos Maidana with his 46th consecutive win: "If the fans want to see us do it again, we'll do it again."

Well, if the rematch is going to resemble anything close to the original—as long as it is more Rocky II and less Son Of The Mask—it's safe to say the fans want to see it again. 

Compared to Money's last fight with Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, the previously undefeated young slugger, there was considerably less hype surrounding this bout. Maidana had just come off an impressive win over Adrien Broner, but he had also lost to Devon Alexander as recently as 2012 and wasn't expected to have any chance against Mayweather's world-class defense. 

What followed was unexpected, yet thoroughly enjoyable. 

El Chino attacked Mayweather with a relentlessness the champ hasn't seen in a long time. He dragged him into the trenches, threw a barrage of power punches and made Mayweather—who is typically nearly impossible to even touch—extremely uncomfortable. 

Money responded with speed and counter-punching to earn the majority decision win, but as he said afterward, via Showtime Sports, El Chino gained his respect: 

Although Maidana's aggression made things a little sloppy at times, it was mostly an entertaining, back-and-forth fight, and as former champ Lennox Lewis and MaxBoxing.com's Steve Kim were quick to point out, it was even closer than the final scorecards indicated:

As the final bell rang, both fighters raised their hands to the sky thinking they were victorious—and for the first time in years after a Mayweather fight, there was genuine doubt about who the judges would actually award. 

A rematch makes sense after such a close-fought battle, but whether or not it actually comes to fruition is still a different question entirely. 

If it were up to Maidana, the two would probably be back inside the ring tomorrow: 

But while Mayweather said he would give the fans what they wanted, it's a different story when it comes to making things official. 

Money didn't like the style of the fight: "he was a WWE wrestler," he said of Maidana. He has never been one to give a rematch—Jose Luis Castillo in 2002 was the last fighter to take on Mayweather twice in a row. And perhaps most importantly, Amir Khan is waiting. 

In his first fight at welterweight, "King Khan" destroyed Luis Collazo in what was arguably the best performance of his career Saturday. Unsurprisingly, he immediately turned his attention toward Mayweather:

Many thought Mayweather would pick Khan for his last fight, and it's going to be difficult for Money to pass up the 27-year-old Brit this time around. 

Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix argued this would be the better direction: 

If his "six more fights" timeline from May of 2013 is still in tact, Mayweather has three bouts left in his career. It once looked like it would be a cakewalk to finish his career undefeated, but after Saturday, it's clear the number of legitimate contenders are quickly increasing.