Seems like One Piece stays strong in number one
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...by-series/2012
I heard Crocodile used to fight with DoFlamingo but wasn't in good shape anymore in Alabasta, even if he was the weakest Shichibukai he could have stronger minions, i mean, Mr.10 was a complete joke, the only strong ones were the number 1-5 pairs.