I'm not sold on Teach vs Kizaru. I think Kizaru is gonna ride the rest of this series as one of the undefeated top tiers.
However if Kizaru is going to go down, it's going to be through Teach, no one else.
Pretty inclined to agree. I could see Teach vs Kizaru but if anything Kizaru's barrier haki, range and light seem more like counters to Teach's darkness, pull and quakes than anything.
One crackpot theory I have us that I do think we might get Kuzan vs Kizaru where Kizaru loses. Then Kizaru gets character development so he fights and beats Akainu who then gets his wake up call.
So then we'd have C3 rock paper scissors where: Akainu beats Kuzan who gets his purpose, then Kuzan beats Kizaru who gets his purpose, then Kizaru beats Akainu who gets his.