User blog comment:12th Supernova/Chapter 778: A King's Resolve, A Pirate's Attack/@comment-75.72.183.14-20150226184847/@comment-24850639-20150228064508

Zoro DID NOT have a hard time with Pica. The only "trouble" Pica gave Zoro was constantly running away. He ran away during their initial confrontation, and consistently attempted to postpone their battle by focusing on other things. He then resorts to trying to hurt injured people that have nothing to do with their battle (on no ones orders but his own), and trying to kill King Riku (again, on his own orders). So if you want to count running like a bitch, sure, Zoro had "trouble". But in terms of fighting ability? Strength? This was never a battle to begin with, and Zoro had him outclassed at every turn. The only time Zoro had to exert any effort again Pica was when he was targeting something other than Zoro. He sliced through his giant stone body, and his haki, like they were butter. Zoro said himself that Pica's large size only made him more enjoyable to chop up, so please fall back with trying to say his DF abilities made this difficult for him. It really didn't. Had Pica actually tried to focus on Zoro and no one else, Zoro wouldn't have ended this fight a long time ago.

So by all means, please pardon a Zoro fan for wanting to see the man truly exert himself. His skirmish against Issho was a skirmish, nothing more. No sense in counting as a fight, even if Zoro did technically "lose". Yes, that showed us he still has progress to make to be ready for an Admiral, I can agree with that. But you're not going to convince me that this fight with Pica was anything but a joke. We've still saw that he's made progress in his swordsmanship and battle composure. Woopty-doo. But Sanji had to fight Doffy, and Luffy's about to do the same thing. We get to see those two really have to put it all on the line, but not Zoro? C'mon now.