Why is AJ considered much better than Sven Ottke

They both used the same formula. Always fight at home, against hand-picked opponents who you know you can go 12 rounds against, worst case. Often times the opponent was faded as well. So AJ fights at home his whole career, against handpicked, old, close to 40 year old, fringe top 10 opponents, with his own refs and judges. What exactly is there to really respect, from what I described? And let's not BS, what I described is exactly how he built his career.