User blog comment:Mrgod11234/The new strongest man/@comment-4094276-20110726133335/@comment-4094276-20110726161206

Because BB skill is unkown (sure he has 2 powerful devilfruits and gave Shanks a scar, but that does not mean that he could currently beat Shanks), Shanks 'defeated' Kaido and was able to stop the Marineford war. I am simply giving my vote to someone i know was close to Whitebeard in strength, and not to someone who is largely assumed to be powerful (though he almost certainly is). BB beat Ace because he was able to nullify his DF, Shanks does not use a DF and has Haki to battle BB, BB does not have haki that we know of, so i think with what we know currently, Shanks > BB.