We've never seen Shanks fight or even know if he has a Devil Fruit or not.Never said this. I said swordsmen, which a person who doesn't use a sword in their core fighting style is not.
That's not the same thing.
1. Madara said Gai is the best Taijutsu user he's ever faced. The word best indicates skill at Taijutsu, rather than strongest in overall fighting capability.
2. Taijutsu user has been specified in the Naruto series as someone who uses little to no Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, relying almost completely or completely on Taijutsu. Sasuke does not fall into this category.
That is not even close to true or the same as what I said.
I said Mihawk's title as WSM makes him stronger than any swordsman. Simply having a sword on your belt doesn't make you a swordsman, so not anyone who carries a sword is a swordsman. That means that a swordsman isn't comparable to a person who just carries a gun. A swordsman is comparable to someone like Yasopp or Lafitte who utilize firearms as part of their core combat.
Taijutsu is hand to hand combat.
Mihawk refused to fight Shanks twice while Shanks was ready to take on the entire Shichibukai and Marines. Sounds like fear to me.
If Shanks knew Mihawk was stronger then him, then he wouldn't be so stupid as to challenge everyone knowing he along with his crew would get massacred.
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