but he fought fodder Zoro, why didnt he do the same to the other swordman?
Vista is pretty strong, Mihawk acknowledged him, but he never even fight him before Marineford.
who does he fight beside Shanks to get the WSS title if he barely figting notorious swordman like Vista or whoever it is? who gave him the title?
Zoro challenged him, not the opposite
And how did Mihawk reply? With his Pocket Knife lol
Yes, Mihawk interaction with Vista should prove to you my point
He doesn't care about Strong Opponents, he only cares about "Strongest"
The guy wasn't even thinking about Vista while fighting him, it was only Luffy in his mind
Cuz he saw he have Potential to surpass Shanks
Barely notorious Swordsmen?
Dude the guy is looking for someone "Stronger than Shanks", not Weaker
Can you name me someone stronger than Shanks who is neither from Past Era nor Current Era?
Someone from Mihawk/Shanks/Dragon/Doflamingo Era
Actually, i can even add & say that Mihawk only cares about CoC Users
Cuz they are the ones with Potential to be Strongest
So let's check CoC Users so far:
8 of them are from Past Era
5 of them are from this New Era (And Mihawk is indeed waiting for Luffy/Zoro to get Stronger)
Only ones from his Era are Katakuri, Hancock & Doflamingo
You think these are Legends who can be compared to Shanks? Ofc not
East Blue Arc introduced us to Three Top Tiers & Three only
The Mysterious Dragon, The Strongest Mihawk, The Greatest Shanks
Anything aside from these Three is either an Old Relic waiting to be buried by New Gen like WB, Big Mom, Kaidou ... etc
Or Powers on the Rise like Blackbeard, Akainu, Worst Generation ... etc
So after Shanks, Mihawk have no choice but to put his hopes in Next Generation
And btw, you remembered Mihawk's words to Vista, but did you remember Vista's Words?
He said "I'm surprised u even heard of me"
Because as Strong & Famous Vista is, he didn't expect that Mihawk would even hear about him, that's how High they consider him