@TheGreatestSwordsman:
Didn't Kizaru blast Whitebeard in the chest or shoulder during the fight? If not, then the earlier statement was an incorrect one.
No. He did not.
He did however blast him through the chest. In a one on one fight. Where Whitebeard, again, was unable to succesfuly attack him.
@TheGreatestSwordsman:
You're using hyperboles at the moment to make it seem as if Akainu was toe to toe with Whitebeard and had this been a 1vs1 with the two, he would have gotten beaten pretty badly. Even after being stabbed by several swords and hit a few times by others, Akainu was still unable to beat Whitebeard.
But it was unclear victory. Whitebeard attacked him from behind, while he was fighting Marco and was focused on chasing Luffy. And even then, he took half his face away. No matter how you look at it, it seems to be pretty even.
@TheGreatestSwordsman:
It had to take Blackbeard who had to get his crew to eventually kill him. Now Akainu may be stronger than the other Yonkou, I don't know but based on the fights, interruptions and damage even from people not named Akainu, Whitebeard handled himself more than well enough during the instances they fought one another.
Four fights with Admirals. And he only manage to succesfuly connect blows in one.
There is a difference between him and Admirals, but it ain't nearly as large as you guys make out to be.
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@bouncyhippo:
Yonko > admiral
Shanks = yonko
Mihawk = shanks
Mihawk > admiral
Jozu > admiral, he was kicking akojis ass until he put his concentration on his friends.
Mihawk < jozu, blocked his most powerful attacked, mihawks jaw drops, scared mihawk enough to put away his sword
Doflamingo > jozu, stopped him and just stood on top of him to chat with crocodile
Doflamingo > mihawk
Oh by the Gods, this is so contrived.