User blog comment:Raptor of Love/Who do you prefer Hody jones or Arlong ?/@comment-3119203-20111021225910/@comment-110.174.62.53-20121110102844

Hody fought luffy after the timeskip and luffy at a time is very much stronger than before. He beat a pacifista in one punch while in pre timeskip it takes the whole crew to even beat one pacifista.

Luffy did not really have a Hard time beating Arlong as he does not even need rest after the fight unlike his other major fights like Crocodile and Rob Lucci when he is pretty much dying. While in his fight with Hody Jones, he needs to get a blood transfusion.