my "ridiculous statement" is based on common sense if even the second strongest isn't an admiral tier "at least" then it wouldn't make sense all that hype for them , and they won't be that big of a threat to the WG
We don't know how strong Dragon is in comparison to an admiral, never mind making assumptions that Sabo is as strong as one.
The revolutionary army have been liberating countries one by one, and not facing the WG head on. They don't need overwhelming power to do that, in fact it suggests that they don't have the kind of raw power that you're suggesting.
They're considered a major threat to the World Government because if they're allowed to continue doing what they're doing, then the WG will entirely collapse, not necessarily because they have overwhelming strength on par with the WG's top fighters.
no sir i can use any character as a measuring stick without changing the fact that they are top\low fighters on their own right
they call that a "power level discussion"
Using phrases like "at least as strong as" in conjunction with some of the strongest characters in the series is pretty stupid tbh. It's the equivalent of saying "at least as high as Kilimanjaro".