User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Smoker's Bravery/@comment-4630086-20120320112641/@comment-3425840-20120320220553

I get what you are trying to say, but that does not prove it. It is still speculation. We can now assume it but it is not official. What if Buggy is taken into the marines like Jango was? Then also, he would get his bounty canceled, right? So it is not 100% certain whether he is a Shichibukai or not.