I severly Doubt that U_U smoker is nowhere near Luffy's lvl mate.
Yeah because there's enough feats to prove that. It's funny that you honestly believe that Smoker someone who's constantly been on level with Luffy has now become irrelevant to the plot and is not a threat to him anymore.
Hakiless Luffy has lost to Smoker so it doesnt count
And which is more embarrasing? Luffy loosing to Smoker or Smoker getting ass saved by Pirates? lel
A lost is a lost Haki or not. Luffy was able to beat Crocodile and he never had Haki you're cherry picking and making excuses yes Smoker's ability helped him against Luffy however it's no different to Luffy's ability being able to help him against Enel.
Luffy and Smoker have helped each other out and Smoker getting his ass saved by a pirate is part of the plot and character development the two have had it's not really embarrassing.