This is why I am not disappointed with how Hawkins got defeated instead I was happy that Oda didn't forget the theme of One piece..........Hawkins lost because he played too safe and put everything on the fate....at the end of the day, he succumbed to the same fate...
Eventually, Oda's manga revolves quite a bit around dreams and the romance of running behind one's impossible dreams. It's only fitting that people who reject such dreams get left behind by the dreamers.