User blog comment:Jrotc193/Blackbeard level of Strength?/@comment-3119203-20110315145500

I think that when blackbeard scarred shanks, shanks returned the damage tenfold and probably nearly killed him, but idiot has since recovered (teeth maybe?) And anyway, whitebeard was able to take advantage of the fact that blackbeard was overconfident and was bragging more than fighting, and kick his ass. And whitebeard was almost dead when blackbeard attacked him, while shanks was at full health when he arrived.