User blog comment:AYET/Luffy alone or combined effort/@comment-4374114-20150515155320

My thoughts on most of the fights Luffy gets put through that people start questioning his strength is looking back at what he has done. In some of the closest fights Luffy has had he isn't just fighting one person but many just to get to the main guy. In these instances it begs the question of what amount of energy was lost prior to fighting the main bad guy.

One of the biggest examples of this was part of Enies Lobby. Even if we ignore anything prior to stepping on Enies Lobby Luffy still fought hundereds of marines, ran through a city, defeated Blueno and nearly drowned, all before he even had a chance to lay a finger on Lucci. In this example, Lucci had done little up until that point for fighting so he was at his best where as Luffy was far from it. Other examples would be against Enel and Moria.

With Doflamingo, yes he too has been fighting with Law(unsure how much was his string man) but he hasn't fought a battle royal, Pica, minion, and Bellamy, just to get the chance to fight Luffy. We will have to see what it finally takes to put him down.

So with those that are looking at how Doflamingo is "scared" of Kaido and Luffy has a hard time with Doflamingo it is still in my mind questionable where Luffy will stand. It too is hard to say where Doflamingo would stand against Kaido, as Law has obviously very much underestimated Doflamingo's ability.