We are in really weird territory right now though with Kizaru. For the first time ever, Luffy fought someone and hasnt straight up defeated them.
- Kizaru wasnt Blueno'ed or Cracker'ed, he wasnt knocked out or even properly bleeding. He is up still an active threat prior to when he was hit.
- He wasnt Hody'ed, Enel'ed or Moria'ed either, where he's just not clearly shown in a situation to be "inferior" to Luffy and is still the villain. This is not the case because Luffy wasnt up moving around after his hit with Kizaru either and is now MIA.
Which quite literally leaves us with only 2 options:
- He is still in fact Luffy's fight because Oda never established a clear victory against an Admiral for Luffy
- Oda is setting an entirely new precedent where Lufdy just doesnt straight up wop or defeat his enemies.
For the record, Lucci was recked by Luffy, so he does not fit this category, plus he is a former villain so there is nothing to prove to the reader lol.
Im sorry but there really is no reasonable outcome where Oda doesnt allow the MC to officially defeat an Admiral, especially before one of his subordinates, who clearly can fight Fuji and Ryo when Luffy fights Akainu.