@Sammsy:
i disagree on your reasoning. while i believe oda said at one point that zoro and luffy are equal, i'm not sure if he plans on keeping htat throughout entire story but that is beside the point.
the reason zoro has been damaged or handicaped so big in all his fights was so that his fight would be a decent fight. no other crews out there that we have seen have a first mate who is equal to their captain in strength, thus if zoro is 100% then we are esentially watching a lobsidded fight.
there is a bit of letting luffy have fights as well, and the CAPTAIN mentality thing, cause i mean imagine a 100% zoro at arlong park with decent swords. be no need to save luffy.
saw someone listed some sanji handicaps, well that woudl make sense then if zoro=luffy and how sanji seems to be = zoro
That was me who pointed out that Sanji in most of the fights was handicaped as well. Cuz dunno why people only saying oh no only Zoro is always handicaped. If he wasn't he could own everyone of Luffy's opponent.
Oda maybe doing this on purpose. Databook stated that Zoro = Luffy and manga is showing that Sanji isn't that far behind. The only major fight Zoro and Sanji were in top form were in Arabasta^^
the rest
Baratie
Zoro out of contest
Sanji taken out by Gin and before that he was heavily hurt by Pearl
Arlong Park
Zoro heavily suffering by his wounds
Sanji had to jump into the water to save Luffy against a fishmen
Enies Lobby
Zoro had to fight Jabura and Kaku on the same time and was handcuffed with Usopp
Sanji let himself beaten up by Kalifa
Thriller Bark - Ryuuma/Absalom
Zoro 2 swords
Sanji had to protect Nami
Thriller Bark - Oars
Both had a heavy fight before and were still able to deflect the attacks of Oars
Kuma
Both were heavily hurt by Oars but still got up
Like I said maybe is Oda doing this cuz Zoro and Sanji are always fighting a foe which is not in a class like the main villian. So he can show that even handicaped Sanji and Zoro can own them to make them closer to Luffy^^
Not debating who is stronger than who in this one, cuz that was debated to a death point and eveb I as Sanji fanboy would say Sanji is a little bit behind the other 2^^
I really wish that next time we will see the top 3 fight without a disadvantage or handicap
But I think this thread should be closed cuz with the time it would change more and more into a debate about "A > B"