From my POV, anyone can claim to be the 'only' contender in the division, because fights between them are so rare, and each one is fighting bums to boost their record enough to become a mandatory for one of the belts. Boring, boring, boring, granted he looked fairly resilient against Wlad, and that might give him some more credibility than our friend Calvin Brock, I still don't think that there are enough contenders to make a proper judgement, and until he beats someone who is up there, then my judgement on him will be reserved, apart from the certain fact that he is a big talker and shameless self-promoter.