User blog comment:AYET/Dressrosa arc - Zoro vs Issho - the abandoned plot/@comment-3425840-20140709234055

Umm the last bit is the least probable - Sanji replacing Zoro against Pica won't probably take place. So let's not go too deep with that.

Now there are somethings which I would like to point out - firstly, Issho vs Sabo - by all means it won't probably be a decisive match. It somehow resembles the situation of Ace vs Smoker at Arabasta imo. Also if they are evenly matched - a fight of that scale would be catastrophic to the environment - given their abilities it would cause collateral damage on a similar scale of Punk Hazard's 10 days duel. Which I doubt would take place now.

About who is stronger - Issho or Doflamingo - it is indeed something we can not just come to a conclusion right now. Both are elites, that much is certain but anything more would be difficult to determine.

As for Luffy beating Doflamingo - well that is another case where there is some confusion - everyone is assuming that Luffy would beat Doflamingo at the end of this arc in a hard one on one fight. While that is quite probable, it could as well be a team battle - like Luffy and Law vs Doflamingo - which would be in my sense more sensible.

Remember with Moriah? It was a team battle for the most part - even though Luffy gave the final blow they were all fighting. And the one on one trend has been there for a while. Just saying.