@One:
I don't think a marine title says that much about strength. See Garp or Sengoku
You mean a fleet admiral (above Admiral and also had to be one to get there) and a guy who was constantly asked to be an admiral and denied it… great choices
@One:
or once Captain Smoker in Loguetown.
Smoker wasn't strong then, just no one knew haki, no one could hurt him
@One:
We saw that Law dealt with Smoker nonchalant.
Umm what?!? why do people keep saying this? it's not what happened
he didn't hurt him one bit until his ultimate final finishing move, which would probably go completely different now that he's looking out for that, his ultimate move took him down, nothing else fazed him
@One:
And we just saw that this same Law hardly injured Vergo with his hard Counter Shock. Vergo must be in a similar league with Law. (I can't tell if Law with his own heart or Vergo is stronger.) So the math is simple. Smoker is not as strong as Vergo.
this is DBZ logic, if you can understand how a story is going you should understand that smoker lost two times this arc (once in tashigis body) and how he was untouchable before and is one of Luffy's ultimate rivals, you should easily grasp the flow of the story and understand the reason Vergo is being Built up so much is for Smokers redemption
This isn't DBZ kid, it's not as simple as guy A can beat guy B and guy C lost to Guy B So A is stronger then C or A>B B>C A>C
it doesn't always work like that (except for CP9 which people hated) and like I said he didn't wipe the floor with him, smoker put up a good match and got beat by his ultimate hax move that he probably wouldn't fall for again if they had a rematch
luffy lost to CC but we have people scolding him for that, saying that he's stronger then that, but he didn't know his ability!
Vergo's been built up for a reason, that reason is Smoker
EDIT: AND AS FOR SHICHIBUKAI!!!!
do you remember what the three powers that govern the entire world are? please tell me