User blog comment:Grievous67/Chapter 792 - No regrets/@comment-10543621-20150703002516

I don't think Burgess is automatically the strongest after BB just because he commands the first division. He's probably one of the earliest members as someone part of the original crew, possibly the first member BB recruited with that logic? But whether he's actually stronger than everyone else is debatable. Especially after the multiple level 6s joined. It's probably kinda like WB's division commanders, where officially it was stated that the division commanders were not ranked according to strength in terms of the number they lead, despite how it strongly appears that way considering the strongest few we've seen with the likes of Marco, Ace, Jozu and Vista were the commanders of the top digits. You can also look at it in a militaristic view, where you're not gonna assume that the 1st Division is stronger than say the 3rd division just cause it's 1.

In that regard, Sabo being stronger than Burgess should be a given since Sabo IS confirmed to be the second in command of the Revolutionaries, which probably has a larger influence (global) than even a Yonko crew, while it remains to be seen if Burgess is the second strongest just by virtue of his title as commander of the 1st division.

And yeah, he was probably just planning on stabbing Sabo with Haki. I'm pretty sure whatever DF stealing method they have involves killing the previous owner. That much is known I guess. As for the specific mechanics of obtaining the DF and whether it's as simple as bringing a fruit along, that remains to be seen.

Someone once mentioned that you probably have to bring the right regular fruit that matches the DF you're after, considering how Burgess randomly decided to switch targets to Luffy's Gomu, either he's got a fruit basket with him, or it's some other requirement.