User blog comment:Monkey D Dragon 0304/Luffy Won't Defeat Katakuri/@comment-2604:2D80:4436:8152:A08B:F376:5D5D:A493-20171212210541/@comment-24850639-20171213220509

This is an interesting point. If the Straw Hats truly are destined to fight these guys again in the future, then it doesn't make a ton of sense for Luffy to fight anyone else but Big Mom. But at the same time, it also doesn't make sense for Katakuri to fight again, and take an L again, to someone who's weaker than Luffy. This fight as it stands is going to result in Katakuri going all out, assuming that Luffy is destined to win this time around. So if we've already seen Katakuri's stuff in full effect, it comes off as bad writing to see it again in the same context.

Even if you try to lend credence to it by giving Katakuri some kind of power boost next time around, the guy is already the #2 of a Yonko.......how much stronger can he get? If the Straw Hats do face the BM Pirates a second time, why would Luffy fight anyone else but Big Mom? So to me it ultimately makes more sense for Luffy to defeat Katakuri and then something happens where the 2 crews don't face off again, or, they square off long enough for Luffy to have learned something valuable in the fight, and then it is called off early due to Luffy and Katakuri needing to lend their strength elsewhere. We'll see.