Really dont get this madness u guys have got in, its pretty clear that Emperors=Admirals, that's why Oda made four of each group. The four big Pirates and the four big Marines, kind obvious.
Of course anyone with a brain cell can understand that OP fights have the plot as the central part, so if is needed for the plot that a Admiral retreat because a Emperor showed up, that will happen. Also we know the fights in OP are much more than DBZ fights where the biggest energy blast win. They take in account strategy, the interaction between the powers, setting, tricks and a lot of other things.
Have become clear that none of Admirals/Emperor fans will change mind that they favorites are the strongest, but if anyone wont change why dont move on with the matter?
Always sad that when we got lore from the Void Century no one can talk about it because the thread is full of the same things evey week.