Luffy fought Satori before Enel & Blueno before Lucci.
Doesnt make either of them stronger than Crocodile.
Same goes for Kaidou v Gorosei.
They werent Luffy's main fight or goal to surpass
Also Oda didn't bring up Croco name in thay fight to hype priest or blueno
Did you see me even put Gorosei above Kaido?
Gorosei are below Kaido per the fact they feared angering Kaido, they don't mess with OG Yonko that way
Still crying that Gorosei and Navy couldn't even give Minawk benefit of doubts over Buggy
They couldn't tell that Buggy isn't really the leader...they just believed that
They replaced Mihawk with a clone cause it has lunarian and cyborg abilities