I'd be highly disappointed if even two people say Crocodile. All the desert in the world means nothing when his opponent is faster, and can just strike his jugular faster than he can attack or defend.
zoro can also become a long distance fighter. as per fujitora...
zoro can 1 shot croc if he wanted. obviously jozu didnt pull out his strongest move against croc. you can tell since he was easily stopped by doffy during that time. but if jozu did then rip croc.
Zoro is immensely faster than Crocodile. If Zoro rushed at Crocodile, it'd be like what happened at MF with Jozu, Crocodile would be unable to counter and take the hit directly. The difference is that while Crocodile can stand back up and survive the punch or a slash to his chest, if the slash is done to his neck he's done. That's the difference between punching/kicking fighting styles and swordplay. Characters can afford to take punches and kicks and keep on going past the damage, but slashes are a different story, if delivered to the right place, even if the person taking the attack can stand back up, they'll still be critically injured. A prime example is the jugular. A blow like a punch or a kick to the neck, while devastating, is more affordable to take than a slash to the neck. It's not about whether or not Zoro can generate a slash equal in strength or above to Jozu's punch, that's irrelevant because of what the effects of a slash is. What do you think you're more likely to walk away from, someone slicing the tendon on the back of your ankle, or someone kicking the tendon?
What are you talking about? Croc. has showed nice feats during MF...
You do know his hook is made of a gold alloy, which means gold blended with other metals? The hook is gonna be very strong.
Yeah but it's still able to handle hits from Mihawk's yoru with no signs of even breaking? I understand that the hook is made out of strong material but to show no signs of even slightly breaking is pretty impressive.
