Okay point of note, Zoro is of the mind to power scale any swordsman he comes across
Remember when he tried to see what was up with S-Hawk and determined he ain’t the real deal
Zoro has now had an equal clash with the Nerd… If Zoro has NO OPINION on this guy’s power level in comparison to Mihawk… then…
As in this arc ends and At best Zoro says something like “who knew there was such a strong swordsman among all those geezers”… And that’s it… or Zoro says “that’s neat sword that one geezer had”… and that’s it…
So Zoro never says anything to the effect of “His haki is even better than mihawk”… Or “his technique is the best I’ve ever seen”… or “so theres been power this great hidden at the top of the world”… NOTHING
Zoro never says anything at all like this
And then the next arc some random shit is happening and Zoro is fighting some giant swordsman and he says “there’s only one man I’m aiming to defeat”… or just anything similar to what he always says regarding his dream and defeating mihawk
It’s OVER