Why are the standards for Ward so ridiculous?

Roy Jones Jr. was allowed to struggle with Griffin and not get any flack for it. Bernard Hopkins went life and death with Segundo Mercado. James Toney went life and death with Dave Tiberi. Calzaghe was going life and death with bums throughout his entire career, plenty to pick from. These men were already 20+ fights into their careers near or in their primes. Ward has 2 competitive fights with arguably the hardest hitting LHW of all time, a P4P quality fighter, and people shyt all over him for it. He's barely had 32 fights and his resume is pure quality. He could've taken the route these guys took, racking up 20+ fights against guys you never heard of, picking up easy W's, getting his record to 40-0 if he truly wanted to. Instead 20 fights in the man goes from fighting Miranda and Pudwill to Kessler, Abraham, Froch etc. talk about getting thrown into the fire. Even before his pro career started he was thrown in with the wolves, voluntarily fighting at Light Heavy when he could've fought at MW, taking down a 6'5 Russian for the Gold that hadn't lost a fight in over 5 years. This guy is a fvcking legend.