User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/Smoker's Bravery/@comment-1454981-20120319163715/@comment-96.54.199.118-20120320071914

ace gotten rusty on his physical abilities and was in shock when blackbeard was able to hit him and you bring all this talk about haki this was back in arabasta we did not even kno of such haki who knows if smoker did either as far as he knew ace did not have any way of hitting him he was only ignorant of haki but who isnt that resides in paradise and smoker was able to overpower and hold down luffy who is pretty god damn strong too