User blog comment:StrawKid/Shanks vs Blackbeard/@comment-3119203-20120128181439/@comment-4642018-20120130164141

well guys, my respect for both opinions they are true, but we keep forgetting that at the time BB gaved Shanks that scar, yes BB was strong in the WB's crew, but lets not forget that Shanks was also young and was not a yonko at the time, maybe could not even control haki like he does now, so he has a BIG avantage against BB now because of the haki level he posses against BB's Logia power. Shanks his way stronger than he was when he fought BB at first, so yes it's going to be an epic fight no doubt about it, but lets not count shanks out yet.