So I finally got to see two of my favorite characters fight it out and I was flabbergast on how the animation came out but I'll like to mention that
1) Hawkins is a savage who been showing us since he was first introduced that he can actually fight and not just sit back and play with his card's. And his devil fruit is dope asf imo but I will say Killer was right about how Hawkins and how he let's his card's influence his decision to much to the point that if his survival rate is low then he either running or surrendering but if I was in his shoes then I'll understand why but if Hawkins would have fought along Killer and Kid then he wouldn't be going up against the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance.
2) Killer is a savage in his own right as well as an excellent combatant and swordsman. Since his first introduction he was always about it just like his captain and imo he has shown that he can keep up with zoro. Now I know some of you might be thinking I'm out of my mind but honestly Killer has been getting after and during the fight against kaidou and big mom he was holding his own and landing hits. So now this actually makes me wonder if Killer was probably telling zoro the truth about, "if he had his punishers the outcome would have been different." But hey I could be wrong but one thing for sure is that Killer has done things that zoro couldn't do.