Is BB 11 SN?
Show me when did Blackbeard arrive at Sabody?
Show me when did he get 100 million bounty?
WG are leaders of new era and spearheads. Zoro is put among them narratively. Oda didn't write Sanji among them narratively. Go figure.
I'm not saying shit. I'm just saying Mr.1 is clear-cut stronger- strong enough to be put on entirely different level. Also, btw, Sanji broke his bones fighting Mr.2
Also, Kaku and Jyabura doriki are irrelevant to overall power. It's a measure of physical strength.
It doesn't negate the wings, honey. Wings put them as Luffy's main two men- just like Kuma situation put them as such (them being last men standing until Sanji fell).
Taking Luffy's pain simply cements Zoro's portrayal within crew above Sanji- be it with respect to Luffy or in just overall prominence.
It doesn't negate them being close in combat ability because them being close in combat ability is simply a head-canon that doesn't exist. Literally all the parallels and portrayal you bring up is about how they're the main two boys- and Luffy's strongest crew-mates. It has nothing to do with Sanji being close or equal to Zoro.
The funny part is that you accept all the portrayal and parallels Zoro has with Luffy and by himself that, again, cements a very direct Luffy > Zoro > Sanji stuff. But you're too biased to outright admit that it's the case so you keep on repeating Sanji is very close to Zoro for whatever reason.
The gap is visible. Zoro is not miles stronger narratively, but stronger nonetheless.
It's, again, like Rayleigh and Gaban.
Honey, no. It doesn't directly have to relate to Sanji.
Zoro having many more extra portrayal, feats and hype alone puts him above Sanji.
If Zoro beats King while Sanji beats Queen, all while doing many, many more things (CoC, Kaido, etc)- while Sanji beats Queen and that's pretty much that for big impacts, then... Zoro is just straight up given higher portrayal within the arc.
It's elementary. Not really... hard to understand?