User blog comment:WillofOP/A StrawHat vs. Red Hair/@comment-1984061-20110220191448/@comment-3401636-20110221095431

Well, Luffy did say that he wanted to surpass Ace. But how did he know that he wasn't already stronger than him, or had already surpassed him? Bingo, that's right, they fought each other, and Luffy lost every single time. It might be the same with Luffy and Shanks. I'm not saying that it will happen, but if they do fight, it won't be "kick 'em when he's down" kinda thing, but more like "make him go down, then help him back up, and laugh about it." And besides, it's SHANKS, i reckon Shanks is gonna beat Luffy, but then Luffy gonna say that he ain't giving the Straw Hat back.