Fighters that were made/destroyed by hindsight.

[TBooze]

What fighters reputations do you believe 20/20 hindsight has helped or hindered?

[ThinBlack]

Aaron Pryor probably helped.

[choklab]

max schmeling. People realise with himdsight he has a strong legacy but before the first joe louis fight he was yesterdays news.

[TartanSoldier]

George Foreman was helped.

[My2Sense]

Helped:

Ken Buchanan - the loss to Duran not only looks a lot less shocking/embarrassing than it did in 1972, but now he even gets credit just for lasting as long as he did.

Sal Sanchez - a stoppage win over Nelson looks a lot better with the knowledge that Nelson was an ATG-in-the-making (who was never stopped otherwise).

Holmes - a number of the "unknown" and/or "inexperienced" title challengers he fought later went on to become titleholders themselves.

LaMotta - Turns out he was the first guy in 100-plus fights to beat arguably the greatest fighter in history.

Greb - Not that his legacy needed any "help," but now he has the unique distinction of being the only man ever to beat a future HOF HW champ (though on the flipside, it's possible some of his other big wins aren't fully appreciated today, so perhaps this more or less evens things out).

[Vantage_West]

tito and chavez due to the competition levels involved