User blog comment:StrawKid/Shanks vs Blackbeard/@comment-3119203-20120128181439

I think that eventually, Blackbeard will be forced to face Shanks 1 on 1. And when that happens, Blackbeard will take him down. Right after that, Luffy will step in before Shanks is killed and kick Blackbeard's Yonko ass. Or, for a better fight, they prolong their fight until later so Blackbeard is fully healed.

Why will Blackbeard win? Well, there are several reasons. Let's take a look back before BB has two DF's: back then, he had the physical strength to wound Shanks and be a Division Commander on Whitebeard's crew: a huge feat if you look at the strength of the other Division Commanders. Keeping that in mind, we give Blackbeard one Devil Fruit. With this strength, he wipes out an entire nation and defeats Ace, a Shichibukai level pirate. Now, he kills Whitebeard and acquires a fruit told to be the most powerful Paramecia. The most powerful logia plus the most powerful paramecia. Quite a combination. Right after this, he quickly wastes no time in conquering the rest of Whitebeard's territory and becoming a Yonko. He has been a member of two of the world's greatese powers: Yonko and the Shichibukai. His physical strength and endurance is superhuman. He is a monster among monsters.