You were fighting Against Whitebeard It was the 100 Fight between you and Whitebeard, Whitebeard could see that you remembered him when Ace did the Same For his first time before He joined the whitebeard Crew

Whitebeard: you are pretty good I must say! I don't want to be the reason potential like you gets wasted! What do you say? Join my crew! Become one of my children!