I think it's fair to stop looking at him as "one for the future" now. He's going on 30, most likely he's got as good as he's ever going to be.
Got 5 good years left probably. 3 fights a year = 15 fights. Can still do a lot. A bigger problem is his lack of talent.
Honestly didn't know he was that old until a little while ago either.. His corner needs to learn to deal with adversity... **** was terrible in the Ortiz fight, not much better this last one..