@dirt:
original post doesn't have your hypotenuse
but let's play your game
Shanky-poo fought Whitey with a sword - why use just that if he has a OH, silly me, he only has a sword. There's nothing saying Whitey mastered all three.
You answer your own question with the
thing.
Or Shanky-poo has Haki and knows how to bitch smack Blacky around while Blacky has two relatively brand new fruits, and doesn't know how to use them properly.
More speculation and opinion.
Yes you're right, the fourth one is indeed speculation on my part. I tried to be careful about using instances in the story to support my opinion. That last one was an opinion supporting an opinion, good catch. My pure unfiltered speculation are the paragraphs below the stuff in bold.