When he fought Law u can clearly see he's fighting in close range
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same thing with Sanji
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Same with Luffy:
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He used hamstring (another close range attack)
Even when luffy tried to maintain a distance from Doffy he himself close the gap which again shows hes a close range fighter
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Now lets see his mid-long range attacks
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His Overheat was casually stopped by Law.
When he used it against Luffy it had zero effects.
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Now lets see his awakening
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G4 luffy dodged it couple of times.
And Doffy only managed to hit Luffy when he was in his base form.
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Not to forget these threads didn't do much to Luffy. Even Gatz who was hit by his awakening survived the attack n announced Luffy as the winner at the end.