User blog comment:Supernovalm/Smoker's demise in the New World/@comment-7890302-20140111233922/@comment-24285649-20140112133951

Luffy beat Crocodile and Gekko Moria pre-time-skip who were both shichibukai at the time and stronger than a 'normal vice admiral'. Yet he eventually beat the both of them, in spite of being weaker and clearly not being the favourite in the fight.

At this moment, it seems Smoker's ambition is simply to crush Luffy and that is why I have found him pathetic so far. He is so far off in terms of ability in reaching his goals, he is no longer a 'badass'.