Someone with high quality CQC can absolutely make the island fruit worthwhile.
Sanji could be trying to focus on taking on Pizarro upfront while at the same time Pizarro is dropping the floor out from underneath him, turning the walls into vices, trapping Sanji’s legs and arms, making spikes come out of the wall, etc, etc.
A combo of a strong fighter + this from Capone
Would definitely make a great fight. Especially if you add in things like him being capable of making Pica golems- and I used plural on purpose.
Seems bonkers to me that people have just decided that
-Pizarro can’t actually fight on his own
-he’ll just do the same as Pica
There is way more potential here. Just because Zoro was far stronger than Pica in a fight, and Pica was limited with having to merge with his stone, doesn’t mean the same will be true of Pizarro,
Same goes for Shiryu- he’s been given the invisibility fruit for a reason, and I very much doubt he’s just going to be fodder to Zoro that will be destroyed once Zoro ups his CoO game.