Yeah, he was having his outside-the-ring problems so there's a belief that Main Events rushed him because they were concerned about that ruining him. He had that assault charge when he beat up someone with golf clubs or some ****. He was known as a hothead so there was concern that he'd self destruct.
Do you think Tszyu would have beat Winky or Quartey? The same Quartey who walked thru TSZYU conquerer Vince Phillips? Vargas would have knocked out Kostya by the 8th round if they fought at 147.
I thought about that earlier when I made my post that he could have been an ATG. I think your right on:good
Was he really tossed to the wolves? He has a win over Quartey, a win over Wright, and a win on Castillejo and he gave Tito and DLH all they could handle. It isn't like they walked right through him. They were tough competitive fights and he even had the lead on DLH before the ko.