User blog comment:The ASL Pirates/Will Doflamingo Die?/@comment-5387880-20150527083508

Pretty sure Doffy will not die after his defeat but even if he does (that i highly doubt it) it will be by the hands of CP0 not by Luffy's or Law's, I am saying this because if Luffy or Law kill him it wouldn't have an important effect plotwise other than character development. Basically whether he lives or not depends if Oda wants to make a big impact over his death or if he wants him to play a role in future arcs(like Enel, Lucci, Moriah, Croco will do), I believe the latter.

No, no chance that Burgess will take Doffy's fruit, firstly Ito is not even close to one of the strongest DFs we've seen, it looks OP because Doffy is the one using it and he is one of the most skilled people we've seen so far, not because the fruit is OP by itself (kinda like Luffy's case). So even if somebody would steal the fruit he would need many years to reach the same level as Doffy and even that would happen only if the individual is highly talented. The case with Sabo eating the fruit is different because he will take the Mera in a whole different level than Ace, something which is not possible with Ito imo.