Ok, so....
I'd like to discuss; who will Teach be up against in one on one battles in the series? Other than the obvious, oh so obvious one (Luffy). I mean, who will he be fighting, most likely defeating before his final battle (*cough cough* Luffy)?
My top two guesses so far:
Vs Kizaru. Mainly because he has the power of light on his side, while Teach has darkness. It would make a very grim statement for the world of One Piece when Teach defeats Kizaru (which I do believe he'd beat the Admiral in this case), as well as a demonstration on how powerful Teach really is post-timeskip.
Vs Zoro. Two reasons; the first popped up in my head when I read @Bbrbruh 's discussion, "Blackbeard and His Association with the Number 3" - (here's kind of my very abstract answer to that discussion) Zoro has three swords. I can imagine Teach beating down Zoro, and then taking the three swords, saying something like, "Oh, I have three of these now, I'll be the best swordsman!" in a very mocking sort of way if that makes sense? LIke he'd take the swords away from a beaten Zoro and add them to his own collection to taunt Luffy. Second reason, is because Zoro's the 1st member of his crew, and probs (in my opinion) the 1st person Teach would go after to torment Luffy (2nd would be Nami, if not Zoro). Zoro would probs get lost and bump into Teach by coincidence, and proceed to fight Teach bc he knows that the man killed his captain's brother and such. It would make for a very good plot point (albeit kinda predictable) for Teach to beat up Zoro/perhaps even take him hostage to provoke Luffy.
Anyways, (as usual, hehe...) what are your thoughts on this + who do you think Teach will fight in the future?
***NOTE: I do not mean for this to be a VS discussion (as in "who will win"). It's just for WHO is MOST LIKELY to end up fighting Teach at some point in the future.