You realize you're dissing Kaido too, right?
Why would I be? There’s no indication that Kaidou ever clashed with Roger after God Valley, but there
is for Shiki, right?
And what we get from that instance is that Shiki couldn’t even draw his fight with Roger to be considered his equal — he ended up with a steering wheel stuck in his head.
Kaidou never fought Roger, so no, Kaidou is exempt. If he
had confronted Roger, then you’d actually have an argument.
To make it clearer, any pirate who never fought Roger still has the chance to prove they can match him. Those who
did fight him and didn’t receive that kind of portrayal have no one claiming that people simply failed to recognize them as his equals. They just didn’t reach that status.
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Yeah cause Buggy knew Roger had to get rescued from Shiki after Buggy begged Roger not to fight him

I don’t know, what I do know is that Garp and Roger fought many times to the death. Whitebeard and Roger ended in a draw on panel, with Buggy saying he’s the only man to ever match Roger, and the narrator later confirming the same in Marineford. And Shiki… well, he ended up with a steering wheel stuck in his head, and nobody thinks he’s Roger’s equal. In Chapter 0 itself he’s practically kissing Roger’s ass harder than anyone has ever done in this manga.
Oh yes, I almost forgot, he was also a sycophant of Whitebeard.
If there were at least one living soul saying that this guy could tie with Roger, that he was equal to Roger, even possessing at least one instance of him clashing with Roger, I would understand, but even with that instance, that portrayal doesn't exist.