User blog comment:Dandalore/One's Struggle/@comment-3119203-20111231022752

Lucci all the way. The first two times with Croc weren't much of a struggle, Crocodile pretty much mopped the floor with Luffy. After that, it was a bit of a fight, but I really didn't think that Luffy would have lost. As for the Lucci fight, Luffy used Gear Second and Gear Third, and still was forced to use every last bit of strength he had, and even that was barely enough to defeat Lucci. In the Lucci fight, no combatant ever had a clear lead until the very end, making a ridiculously awesome battle.