User blog comment:Luffayking12/Ace after the 2 year timeskip/@comment-79.179.193.189-20130127164445/@comment-4189914-20130127180323

Yes he was whitebeards second division commander but they pretty much just gave it to him the slot was open he seemed strong there. he never had to prove he was strong enough for second division hell jozu could be stronger than Ace we don't know