User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Mihawk's Strength/@comment-1454981-20110724031713

Well mihawk is shanks' former rival and it is said their duels still eco throughout the grandline. Since shanks is a yonko and mihawk used to be his rival then that probably shows his strength but im sure thats just in swordsmanship. shanks cant be a yonko for just his swordsmanship. So if we see mihawk with a quality worthy opponent then we'll see his true strength.