User blog comment:Mrgod11234/The new strongest man/@comment-3223271-20110728080437/@comment-3387274-20110729111500

Emphasis on "nearly". I could "nearly" break anyone's neck if I tried, and probably succeed once or twice with some effort, But frankly my strength has nothing special to it in the slightest.

And withstanding attacks from Whitebeard? A) that would be endurance rather than strength B) He was knocked flying, screamed a lot, begged for mercy at least once, and only survived because his crew were on hand to machine gun the guy for about five minutes. I'd hardly call that taking it.

Yes he beat Ace. But Ace wasn't expecting that particular Devil Fruit power to emerge and was caught off guard, but still gave Blackbeard a whole chapter's worth of fight. I expect if Ace knew what was coming he'd have won. Plus Blackbeard hasn't been seen to win even one fight without his crew lending a hand yet. Even Magellan got the better of him.