throughout his whole entire career petrosyan has been choosing his opponents smartly, always getting every advantage he can such as rules set for each match and people see him as one of the best fighters.
People could either think you are a legend and retire as a legend or be a fake weak clown con artist for the rest of their lives like that tenshin kid who got heroshima nagasaki by mayweather for choosing to fight a total new rule that puts him at a disadvantage and got hugely exposed, now his whole life everyone knwos he is a fake crap fighter who will only gets heroshima nagasaki when facing someone good, lost thousands of fans, lost millions of respect, known as the "virgin" for the rest of his life. The japanese media even humiliate him saying "its like seeing a virgin getting beat up"