So during wano zoro and sanji obviously fought and beat king and queen. Both being kaido’s top men
Many speculate (myself included) that their Blackbeard counterparts will end up being shiryu and laffitte. With technically be the 2nd strongest bbp but likely will have a falling out with the crew or something. Pretty much he more likely than not isn’t going to get matched up with a zoro or sanji
Coincidentally when it comes to shiryu and laffitte imo I think comparing them to king and beckman is pretty fair
- Laffitte like king (and Marco) pretty much being close to the captain along with all being bird zoans that are capable of partial transformation
- Shiryu and beckman is harder to put into words tbh but they do seem like counterparts. I’m pretty sure most people also think the same with that at least
Imo after that their next major opponents will likely be comparable in power to Kuzan and shiryu the true top 2 strongest men of Blackbeard. Thinking about its kinda similar how kuzan and Yamato were technically the strongest but they just weren’t made for zoro to fight. Yamato is probably lowkey comparable to beckman and shiryu too
Maybe mihawk and crocodile can fit that role of being comparable to Kuzan and shiryu. Tho personally I don’t think crocodile is on the level of shiryu tbh. So id personally prefer it be beckman if a shanks and buggy alliance truly does happen. So basically zoro vs mihawk and sanji vs beckman instead
Afterwards if the story goes beyond Luffy becoming pirate king and he fights the world government the pattern would probably continue for zoro and sanji’s major final opponents
With Sanji fighting his mihawk or kuzan equivalent and zoro fighting someone beyond that