User blog comment:Pualover/Overlord Power Level/@comment-94.219.220.209-20150928162910/@comment-26980003-20150928164123

That was speculation by the workers and overconfidence by Ezyra himself. Also it was said to be thought he was strong as the Stronoff that won the tournament years ago. We don't know how strong he is at the moment. And Hamsuke could have defeated Ezyra very easily, he just chose to take it easy on him.