User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/The Authority of Admirals/@comment-3273232-20130706044646/@comment-6585535-20130706225442

It's hard to say because in the Whitebeard War none of the Shichibukai used their crews to fight with them. I think they pose a bigger threat if you include the seven original members (Mihawk, Jinbe, Crocodile, Hancock, Moriah, Doflamingo, and Kuma) plus the Donquixote Pirates, the Sun Pirates, the Kuja Pirates, Baroque Works, Thriller Bark, and the Pacifistas if you want to count them as Kuma's crew. With or without the Pacifistas this would be quite a squad to face for any Yonko.