If Luffy's punches were strong, he wouldn't need 200+ of them to beat a guy who already was damaged by others, exhausted himself fighting others and lifting an island the whole night. Luffy wouldn't call his own punches weak if they were strong. We can praise those punches if it makes yall Luffy fans feel better but the harsh reality is that his punches are weak. And that is consistent as we see even on Egghead and weak targets like Lucci. I am laughing my ass off too considering you really think praising healing punches makes them look strong while in reality they are weaker damage than slashes from Scabbards.
You can face that reality or you can cope, which shall it be?
Of course you arent interested in facts because you are huffing some good copium. When Zoro knocks someone off their feet, they do not stand up. When Luffy does it, what happens? You know it, say it. Say my name.
Manga is indeed clear about who was the only one who did anything significant to Kaido to make him think he can take over the world. At this point, you are coping about Zoro's performance whenever he does something because each time he heavily outclasses Rupee.
And yet, Scabbards did more damage than Luffy so you can put 2 and 2 together and figure out how much that praise is worth. Or can you?
See, you cope at every step just because Zoro is so much ahead of everyone. While Luffy is competing with Scabbards, Zoro is making Kaido's top 5 look bad. Built different, as expected of the strongest character in the show.
Length of fight doesn't change the fact that Zoro did far better than Luffy by using 3.3% of his total power and 1 named move in Santoryu to end Lucci while Luffy couldn't end him with 3 named moves in full round of God Mode which is his peak. Sleep well.