User blog comment:HanataSanchou/Expect The Unexpected/@comment-27930128-20160402014647/@comment-5398287-20160402182023

I don't recall the exact source, but I remember reading some interview/SBS where Oda outright said that Buggy could be as strong as Shanks if he just put in the effort to train. Who knows if he trained at all over the past 2 years (he might've just relied on his powerful underlings to do everything for him huehueMoriahstyle), but even though he's good comedy relief I'd like to see him threatening like he was in his introductory arc.