The fairer assessment would be is that they fought seriously to steal each other's treasures, and when neither could gain the upper hand after four days of fighting, they opted to exchange goods instead.
All we saw was one clash and that was it. It's impossible to tell what exactly happened in those four days.
And just because the two partied afterwards doesn't mean anything. Shanks and Mihawk both party together, but that doesn't mean they didn't give it their all in their fights. Same...
There is multiple statements made throughout the manga of them being equal. In their last encounter, they fought for 4 days with no victor. It's not really up for debate. The two guys were equally as strong.
There is a reason why Oda created Whitebeard, and had him called Roger's equal...
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