User blog comment:Don MotMot/the NExt Younku/@comment-97.102.198.34-20100525012309

I think Blackbeard has a better chance of becoming a Yonkou than Luffy at the moment. Having recruited some of the most powerful pirates in Impel Down, betrayed the World Government, and steal the powers of and kill a Yonkou, I'd say thats pretty lethal (not to mention his original devil fruit power)

I think if BB vs Luffy were to happen BB would win by far. Look back at Impel Down; even when Luffy was in Gear 2nd, all BB had to do was use his devil fruit power to suck him close and then was able to disable Luffy's gomu gomu powers (which makes luffy very vulnerable). I think the only chance Luffy would have against BB would be using his haki to stun him and then wail on him with his gear techniques.