User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/Out of frying pan, into the FIRE !!!!/@comment-3425840-20120201235626/@comment-4754162-20120202010406

The Smoker theory is plausible and am curious to know who was that big shot pirate who can overcome Smoker's intangibility with enough busoshoku haki over his (Smoker's) own to give that lasting scar. I dont think its some unnamed / unknown NW pirate, I am betting its someone we know