User blog comment:Martialmaniac/Zodiacs vs Phantom Troupe?/@comment-25448830-20140926191503/@comment-5780397-20141016170847

Depends on who those three are, but with half of the Troupe that could be true. Also, Franklin is stronger than he looks: he is intelligent, has a deadly ability, a huge body, and his strength ranks fourth in the Troupe. Plus, in the 199* anime, he deflected bullets with his Ten. Also, the fact that Botobai is the closest to the Chairman in terms of power may not be true: the anime episode reported him as being "the closest in name and reality to the former Chairman", meaning they had much in common. I don't know if this translation is correct, but anyway, with him being a Triple Star Hinter and all, it may very well be he is the most powerful Zodiac. Anyway, yes, he'd dominate Franklin.