He is stronger than the snitch who happens to be an emperor. No amount of cope can change that
![Pepehawk :pepehawk: :pepehawk:](https://zupimages.net/up/22/34/31m4.png)
Lihawk has no feat in the entire story and all you have is a piece of paper with a marine man talking about sword skill which prolly is dancing with the sword which Shanks sucked at.
Mihawk is buggy's underling and no amount of cope can change that.