I usually try not to involve myself with this power scaling crap, but I just don't get why Mihawk gets people so worked up.
Dude must be the biggest paradox in the story if his rival Shanks is so much stronger than him but he wants some random noob swordsman to surpass him instead. At the very worst they should be close equals but somehow Mihawk is supposedly absolute crap because of portrayal. Dude is a tier below his rival but somehow he needs a stronger rival at the same time.
If we're playing by portrayal piece again, just remember what happened to Kidd. Lmao. King of benefit of the doubt and he clearly didn't live up to his portrayal.