User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Smoker's Bravery/@comment-1454981-20120319163715/@comment-3425840-20120319171113

Well it was still cockiness like you said as he did not actually knew if Ace had haki or not. Also I think he commented that Ace knew their powers will cancel each in a surprised tone which implies that he might have not known how the two forces will react to each other. So yes it was cockiness.

Also I think if the two actually fought at that time Ace would have eventually won, although Smoker did have his jutte as and advantage, still from what we have seen Ace to put up against BB I believe he would have managed to win if the fight dragged out. What do you think?