Naruto Uzumaki can beat Monkey D. Luffy in a fight, if not equally match him

Concerning the setting for the battle-Like you said, this is not a simulation we are running, therefore we must analyze everything, setting included, as it pays a major role in every fight. Please consider the title of the debate. It says Naruto "can" beat Luffy, therefore it is implied that in an array of likely situations, Naruto will beat Luffy in at least one of them. -Therefore, I conclude by saying that the setting can be anywhere that they are likely to meet. This way, we can analayze each fighter's outcome in different settings. _________________________________________________________________________________________Rebuttals"Luffy's newest attacks are REALLY, REALLY strong."-Naruto is even stronger, if not equally strong. Con has mentioned Sage Mode. So I will mention the Nine-Tails Chakra mode. In this form, Naruto is Stronger than when in his Sage Mode. From what the link below says about his strength, he would also easily be able to take out the Kraken mentioned by Con. -Another thing about his form: he can also perform Chakra Arms, which means he has multiple arms extruding from his back that can stretch like luffy's arms. Each of these arms are extremely strong and the fact that there are so many of them certainly gives Naruto an advantage over Luffy. http://naruto.wikia.com..."I'm sure that combined with Gear Second, those moves would easily outmatch Naruto in terms of brute strength."-Con is making assumptions. Luffy has never combined his Gear 3rd with his Gear 2nd, and I think it is physiologically impossible even/especially for a rubber man like Luffy. Luffy's Gear 2nd involves him using up oxygen at an incredibly fast rate. Luffy's Gear 3rd involves him keeping a large amount of air (oxygen) in his limbs. The two are essentially opposites. Luffy can't keep oxygen in his limbs if he's going to use it up. Therefore, if he blows up his arm and then starts using Gear 2nd, his arm would deflate, making it simply Gear 2ndhttp://onepiece.wikia.com...http://onepiece.wikia.com...;"Luffy has Armament Haki which serves as an extremely durable armor for pretty much his entire body."-Naruto also has a form of armor/protection. In his first Jinchuriki Form version, he is surrounded by a cloak of red chakra that provides a certain level of physical protection. In the second version, the cloak thickens and protects him even more. In the final Tailed Beast Mode, there's even a exo-skeleton surrounding him.-This protects him even more than Luffy's Haki. In the show, whilst being in his Tailed Beast Mode, he destroyed huge chunks of Earth, mountains and forests. After he recovered into his human form, he was not only undamaged, but his wounds had healed. This shows that Naruto's armor is even stronger than Luffy's and even heals Naruto. -Furthermore, the Nine-Tails Chakra mode mentioned earlier by me also cloaks him with chakra that provides physical protection. http://naruto.wikia.com...;"Luffy has a weakness to water, but Naruto is not a water chakra-type"-First of all, Luffy's weakness is sea water, not your everyday bottle of water. Just clarifying.-It has been established by me in this round that the setting can be anywhere that they are likely to be in. Luffy is a pirate who spends a lot of his time on a ship in the middle of the sea. Therefore, it is plausible to say that a possible setting could be on a pirate ship. Because both of their powers are extremely destructive, it is likely that the ship will be destroyed.-In the situation that the ship is destroyed, Luffy will drown in the sea. However, Naruto is able to stand on the surface of the water. This obviously means Naruto wins the fight. http://naruto.wikia.com..."Luffy's Haki would allow him to detect which one is the real Naruto (he did something similar to Mr. 3 during the Little Garden Arc)."-First of all, he could sense Mr. 3 out because all of Mr. 3's clones are made a wax, and therefore has no Haki.-According to the site provided, Haki is in all living things.-However, all of Naruto's clones would have Haki in them because they are all alive and moving, therefore they would all have Haki and Luffy would have a hard time detecting the real Naruto. http://onepiece.wikia.com..._____________________________________________________________________________________So far, I have established that:-Naruto is just as strong as Luffy.-Luffy cannot combine gear 2nd with gear 3rd.-Naruto has an advantage because of his multiple arms that can stretch like Luffy's.-Naruto's armor is stronger if not equal to Luffy's armor. -Luffy can drown while Naruto can walk on water.-Naruto can in fact confuse Luffy with his clones._____________________________________________________________________________*Over to Con, who must either refute what I've established, or present new points as to why Naruto cannot win.