User blog comment:Meganoide/The strength of Whitebeard's allies/@comment-123545-20101023015907

did you forget it said in a chapter that they were infamous pirates who made a name of themselves in the New World, so even after the 2 years luffy wouldn't be stronger than them they should be around the vice admiral area though w/ the vice admiral having the upper hand of course and i would also say they are stronger than smoker too (he is still pretty much a noob) think of him as luffy but taking the path of a marine but just a little stronger