I don't think the gap between Queen and King being huge or non-existent is that important. He is a fat-ass clown, which already makes him look relatively weak, with no good feats against certified strong character. Tanking hits from Marco or Ryokugyu doesn't make him look intimidating sadly.
And Sanji is the L-taker of the strawhats so he cannot be used anymore to hype people up. Sanji needed to fight a badass looking character like King
It was an awful matchup
Him being a fat ass wasn't really the problem imo.
The problem is Oda's lack of detail in his choreographies,the attacks of Sanji that are made a way it leaves a bad taste in the end and braindead oppoents actions.
Look at these panels, right..
Oda for Luffy would have made the top panel a page alone. Scuff marks to indicate attacks and static Characters.
A secondary fight in Zoro vs Killer was more intense than the big battle of Sanji in Onigashima . The first kick on P1 is better.Hell the kick on the fodder in the soba stall was better
Queen even though Oda started the fight by actually defending
Becomes braindead and lets everything hit him even though he sees the attack.
Hell the worst he did is that IJ sequence with Queen.
Sanji becoming an afterthought for Queen and making Sanji's attack seem like a chap shot basically and not dealing with Queen's best is really taking the piss.
Considering what IJ really is,Queen should have taken less attacks throughout the fight,block them and at the end either have Sanji overpower him completely or make it an actual speedblitz,not the shit we actually got.