User blog comment:Bloodhound20/Buggy one of the newest shichibukai?/@comment-99.89.169.138-20101018160956

i think this is a very likely possibility. Buggys reputation is probably why he may have got the offer. But i dont think he is as weak as you may think. In both manga and anime both him and luffy punched out some weak impel down guards. Regardless of that Luffy acknowledged his strenght by sayin he got stonger. And those are the words of the future Pirate King. So you shoudn't underestimate Buggy.