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

http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com..._______________________________________________________________________________________Brute Strength"Naruto's strength in Kyuubi Mode doesn't come from physical strength; it comes from upgraded long range attacks (like Rasengan)."-True, his strength in Kyuubi Mode doesn't come from physical strength, but from the energy of the Kyuubi. However, this energy can be converted into kinetic energy (physical strength). What I am trying to say is that when he is in his Kyuubi Mode, his brute strength is increased, although not as much as when he is in Sage Mode. Which brings me into my next point.-Naruto's Sage Mode gives Naruto just as much brute strength as Luffy has, and this has been conceded by Con in Round 1. Con has mentioned that if Luffy combines his Gear 2nd with Gear 3rd and Haki, his strength would be overwhelmingly stronger than Naruto, and I wll explain why that is not so next by bringing up his Beast form and explaining the mechanics of Gear 3rd."Elephant Pistol and Elephant Gatling are just Gear Third + Armament Haki. I'm sure that combined with Gear Second, those moves would easily outmatch Naruto in terms of brute strength."-Keep in mind that Luffy's use of Gear 3rd is very limited. Before the time skip, after using Gear 3rd, Luffy would shrink down to the size of a doll and be weak and vulnerable for 5 minutes. Although he appears to have solved this problem after 2 years, I'm sure there are still limitations to his Gear 3rd and he cannot use it indefinately. The same goes for his Gear 2nd."I am sure Naruto could take out the Kraken just as easily as Luffy, but not through sheer muscle power"-If Naruto was in his Tailed Beast Mode with the exoskeleton, his physical strength I'm sure would match Luffy's. It is undeniable that his Beast form carries much more brute strength, and this is partially shown in the very first video. Although most of the video, the Beast shoots destructive blasts out of it's mouth or uses telepathy, there are instances where you can see how physically strong he is, able to lift huge chunks of earth. I remember one part (though I'm not sure whether or not it is in the video) where the beast straight up ran through a mountain, destroying it completely. Luffy must rely on using Gear 3rd to destroy a mountain, while the Beast runs through it as if it were nothing. Therefore, the Beast is stronger if not equal to Luffy in brute strength.*Conclusion: Naruto is just as strong as Luffy when Naruto is in his Sage Mode, this has been conceded by Con. However, Luffy is stronger than Sage Mode when Luffy uses his Gears and Haki. But Naruto can match that level of brute strength when in his Beast mode. Therefore, Naruto can be just as strong as Luffy._____________________________________________________________________________Durability"Gomu no Pistol, knocks out a beast of similar size to the Nine Tails. Combine that with Haki, Gear 2nd, and Gear 3rd, and Luffy could do the same to Nine Tails."-It is impossible to "knock out" the Nine Tails. This is because the Nine Tails is so full of rage and determination. It can never faint, no matter how hard it is hit/hurt. The only way to defeat the Nine Tails is to kill it or capture it. You can never "knock it out" because it is an immortal being who's always constantly concious. Not once in the show or manga has the Kyuubi been shown to even sleep.-However, Con is right in that Luffy's attacks will definately hurt the Nine Tails. But Con fails to realize that the Nine Tails itself is Naruto's armor. Punching the Nine Tails does not mean hurt Naruto, who is burried deep within the Nine Tail's body in a place that Luffy cannot reach because the Nine Tails regenrates/heals itself (and Naruto inside it)."Naruto possesses no physical attack that can break such a tough armor."-Luffy's armor, while invulnerable to blunt attacks up to a certain degree of brute force, is not invulnerable to sharp objects/weapons. This is shown when Luffy hardened his body, but was still hurt when his opponent bit him. I will provide a screenshot of where I found this (inside the red box) along with the link. This means, that Luffy is vulnerable to anything that cuts, which includes but is not limited to Naruto's kunai knives and his rasen shuriken. http://onepiece.wikia.com...*Conclusion: Naruto's armor is better than Luffy's, if not equally strong. Naruto's armor is the Nine Tails itself and no matter how hard Luffy hurts the Nine Tails, Naruto, who is deep inside the large beast's body, will not be hurt. In fact, once he transformed back into his normal human form, his previous wounds were healed, which is something Luffy's armor can't do. This is shown in the third video, which is one and a half hours long so I will summarize the points: Naruto was staked to the ground with several swords peirced through his body (25:00), like Jesus. Then he transforms into his beast mode (35:00). And after transforming back, his wounds are gone and he was fully refreshed and able to retain Sage Mode (50:30). *In Addition: Naruto's Nine Tails armor burns whoever touches it. So in fact, Luffy cannot touch Naruto.________________________________________________________Special Advantages"Naruto's weakness (Fire) can be used by Luffy through Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk"-Fire is not Naruto's weakness. Naruto is just as vulnerable to fire as any other human would be, including Luffy. The element that Naruto manipulates (wind) is just at a disadvantage when going against fire. -Luffy cannot manipulate fire. Flames simply appear on his arm because of the heat his Gear 2nd is generating. Therefore, it would be hard for him to use this against Naruto, because as conceded by Con, Naruto is faster, therefore able to dodge Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk.-It takes time to prepare. According to the video Con has provided and to my knowledge of the show, Luffy takes time to prepare his Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk. This just makes it easier for Naruto to avoid.-It has limitations. As mentioned above, Luffy's capacity of using Gear 2nd and Gear 3rd is limited, therefore, he can't use Red Hawk indefinately. -Luffy is also vulnerable to fire. The only reason why Luffy is not burnt in the video is because he put up his Haki armor on his arm. As established above, Naruto's armor is also pretty impressive. The Nine Tails armor would most probably render Naruto invulnerable to fire to some degree. "in the Leaf Village, in which case there is no threat of water"-There are lakes in the Village."Naruto's weakness can be exploited anywhere, Luffy's weakness can be exploited in only some settings."-As established previously, fire is not Naruto's weakness. But yes, it does harm Naruto. However, as established above, Naruto can easily avoid Luffy's fire attack because it takes time to prepare and Naruto is already faster than Luffy. The only places where this would affect Naruto is in a forest or place where the setting is flammable. However, Luffy, would also be affected by fighting in a forest fire, unless he has his armor, but Naruto also has armor that is fire-resistance. -Note that 9.4% of the world's surface are forests and 71% of the world's surface are oceans/seas. Therefore it is more likely that the setting would favor Naruto.http://en.wikipedia.org...http://www.universetoday.com...*Conclusion: Luffy has no "special" advantage over Naruto that would not hurt Luffy himself._____________________________________________________________________________________Conclusion Counter-Rebuttals "Naruto simply doesn't have that muscle power"-In his Beast form he does."Luffy can take out Nine Tails" -No he can't. The Nine Tails is immortal and can never lose consiousness."Luffy can burn Naruto in any setting, whereas Naruto can only drown Luffy in some settings"-Luffy can't burn Naruto if Naruto has his armor on. Even if it's off, Naruto is fast enough to dodge every Red Hawk punch Luffy does because it takes time to prepare. The only setting that would make fire a threat to Naruto would be a flammable place like a forest, in which case it would be a threat to Luffy as well. But both of them would have their armor up so they'd be unaffected by fire. -Forests make up 9.4% of the world's surface, Oceans/Seas make up 71%, so it is more likely that they will be in a setting in which Luffy will drown."Luffy can take out all of them quite easily through his standard one vs. many moves."-This doesn't change the fact that Luffy would be confused by them, getting a disadvantage. The whole point of Naruto making tons of clones is so that his opponent would be confused and destroy all of them, in doing so, wasting energy._____________________________________________________________________________________I have established that:-Naruto can be just as strong as Luffy.-Naruto is more durable than Luffy because his armor heals Naruto and would burn Luffy if Luffy touched him. Luffy's armor is vulnerable to sharp weapons/objects, which Naruto has plenty of. Luffy's armor cannot heal Luffy.-Luffy has no special advantage over Naruto, but Naruto has special advantages over Luffy.I would like to add that:-In Beast mode, Naruto has telepathy, which can be used against Luffy. Conclusion: -It is certainly possible for Naruto to beat Luffy in a fight._____________________________________________________________________________________Back to Pro. sources = VIDEO and 3 sites