User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/Care to Dare/@comment-4754162-20120425054958/@comment-4754162-20120425153022

My opinion:

1) Strength - WB was superior to Sakazuki even at his age (minus the battle wounds), let alone at WB's prime

2) Battle wounds - The wounds received by WB acts as a handicap to even out the difference between the two. If WB were in fresh condition when he started to take on Sakazuki seriously, the latter will die.

3) Endurance - While both had quite a high level of it, both did not battle a lot (heck, Sakazuki even slipped away and recuperated as he falls into the ravine. And it was this factor which kept him going against Jinbe, Marco, Croc, and the rest