@Angel:
More like… NOTHING AT ALL!
Come on! Least other theories have had some grain of evidence behind them. This has nothing at all to support it.
Bleh, do I really have to?
Piece of Evidence #1:
Sanji: Don't you know what that is? It's not a fight.
"Davy Back Fight" is a pirate's GAME.
Robin: That's right. The game originated long ago on "Pirate Island,"
the legendary pirate paradise that is said to exist somewhere on the sea…
It was a way to gain a better crew
by simply stealing it from another pirate.
Somewhere there exists a Pirate Island, be it in the New World or one of the Blues.
Piece of Evidence #2:
Crew: The winner of each game
gets to choose whatever crewmembers he wants from the other ship!!
And the crewmembers he wins have to claim allegiance to their new captain!!
By swearing to Davy Jones at the bottom of the sea!!!
Davy Jones exists at the bottom of the sea with his crew. Further proof on that is here:
Chopper: Who's Davy Jones?
Robin: A pirate of old who was cursed by the devil and is supposedly still alive today, at the bottom of the sea.
Chopper: You can live at the bottom of the sea?
Robin: According to the legend… his ship sank, and all of his treasure
lies buried underneath the deck, in his "locker."
Davy Jones is is still alive, under the sea. He's a pirate from long ago.
Piece of Evidence #3:
Sanji: Just like everything that sinks under the waves becomes Davy's…
you can take everything from your opponents.
That's why the pirates call it "Davy Back."
Everything under the sea belongs to Davy Jones. Why shouldn't it? And if that's the case, that means he's wealthier than Gol D. Roger.
Now, I direct you to what Zeff said:
Zeff: I happen to know an idiot who would stifle that very spear
for NO GOOD reason…
What are you doing? He isn't gonna float back up without your help.
The sea hates those with the Devil Fruit Powers, and turns them into cannonballs.
Okay, here's a question for you, Angel. If Devil Fruits make you sink, and you go to the bottom of the sea, who do you become the property of? Wait… that's right, Davy Jones.
With that all said, Davy Jones would be the richest and most famous pirate in history. Because:
1. His treasure is vast. Probably way more vast than One Piece, considering he has the Whole sea floor .
2. Robin said he was cursed by the devil, NOT that he ate a devil fruit. I think that's significant.
3. In OUR world, Davy Jones is another word for the devil of the sea. Unlike in PotC, he's not associated with the Flying Dutchman. He's simply a sea devil that claims those who fall into the sea.
4. Being that he WAS the most successful pirate ever, it would make sense that he had a massive crew and a legendary lineage.
5. Being that there's a pirate island somewhere, if it was in the Blues, someone would have found it by now. And as far as we know, the only island no one besides Roger has been to in hundreds of years is Raftel. So a likely proposition: Raftel = Pirate Island.
So, my theory is NOT based on "nothing".