busy with work right now so im not gonna go hunting for panels. in ch 997 or 998 or 999, marco uses his flames to stop the ice oni virus from spreading. chopper even thanks him for buying him some time. the next time we see marco when he ragdolls king and queen, he comments on how it is tiring and tough to hold back two commanders worth over a billion and asks chopper to hurry.
point being he wasnt at his full strength yet he ragdolled king and queen.
my point about king (which i said numerous times before) is if oda brings in things like awakening, advanced haki, CoC or some ability due to his race, in his fight against zoro ~ it literally shits on the previous writing where king was disarmed by izo and couldnt do anything when kaido was attacked, and when he got ragdolled by marco and when momo was saved by sanji from right under his nose.
stop defending shitty writing from oda by giving in some weird justification for king 2v1-ing marco and getting ragdolled. he should be doing better than this. if these are the standards for yc of the beast pirates, then the bar is on the damn floor.