User blog comment:Fliu/The Upcoming Battle with Jack/@comment-24850639-20160311151910

I REALLY, REALLY want to agree here, but I can't at the moment. You have to give Jack his due as an antagonist. Someone with a bounty of a billion isn't going to go down in 10 chapters. Its going to be a long drawn out battle, and he absolutely cannot go down easier than Doflamingo did. We HAVE to assume for all intents and purposes that Jack would wipe the floor with Doflamingo, because there's no way Doffy could withstand the combined efforts of the minks the way Jack did. Comparing Jack to Bellamy is flat out disrespectful after the man just fought Inu, Neko, Fujitora, AND Sengoku with negligible damage.

I see what you're trying to say though. A better comparison in that sense would be Mr. 1. Daz Bones was that opponent that showed Zoro was ready to step up to the next level. Cutting steel was something that Zoro absolutely HAD to do, or he was never going to truly progress as a swordsman. Now as Luffy's right hand in the New World where he hopes to take down Yonko, the logical next step for him would be taking down a Yonko's right hand. Luffy said it was time to stop running, and that he's taking on everyone; Yonko and Admirals included. So I think the logic of Zoro fighting Jack is pretty sound, its just a question of how things play out. The scenario you described sounds perfect actually, where Luffy will realize that he has limited time and that it JUST may have to be someone else. Why that can't be Law though, I don't have a good answer for.