Hearns would be such a difficult matchup for PBF IMO. More so than Leonard or Duran. People forget that he was very fast, maybe not as fast as PBF but Floyd's slown down some at 147 IMO. And that long jab would make it hard for PBF to use the pull counter right. That's maybe the best thing Floyd does, he makes some guys just tentative about throwing the jab cause they're worried about the right hand coming right back over it. But with that long, quick jab it would be harder for Floyd to be in range to do that.

Floyd is a better inside fighter but he'd have to get there, and even though he's great defensively he'd take some right hands on the way in and its hard to tell if he'd be able to take them. I have my doubts that he would be able too. And on the other hand even though people think of Hearns as chinny I definitely don't see Floyd being able to hurt him. Floyd would have to be perfect every single round.

I agree in some respects that fans tend to glorify older fighters, Floyd will be a much better fighter 20 years after he's retired, no doubt, he'll be put on a pedestal. Hearns is just a bad matchup though.