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

BRUTE STRENGTH " 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. "However, Naruto's strength in Kyuubi Mode doesn't come from physical strength; it comes from upgraded long range attacks (like Rasengan). I am sure Naruto could take out the Kraken just as easily as Luffy, but not through sheer muscle power, as that is not Naruto's style. Luffy undoubtedly possesses more brute, physical strength than Naruto, and is thus would be better at hand to hand combat."Another thing about [Naruto's] form: he can also perform Chakra Arms, which means he has multiple arms extruding from his back that can stretch like luffy's arms."Luffy's Elephant Gatling can easily counter such an attack, as his arms are going so fast, that there appear to be several of them. You can see this in video #1 (mute it to avoid Luffy's odd battle cry, and don't ask why he's attacking a ship...)."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"That is false. He did exactly that in his fight with Gekko Moriah (see video #2, a bit past the 5:00 mark)DURABILITY"In [Naruto's] 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."In video #3, a bit past the 2:00 mark, we see that Luffy, with just a plain old Gomu 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.Naruto cannot break Luffy's Armor Haki because, not only is Luffy capable of dodging even while armored, but the Naruto possesses no physical attack that can break such a tough armor. SPECIAL ADVANTAGES"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."That is correct, but another very possible setting is in the Leaf Village, in which case there is no threat of water, and Naruto's weakness (Fire) can be used by Luffy through Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk (see video #4, 1:00 mark).Whereas Naruto's weakness can be exploited anywhere, Luffy's weakness can be exploited in only some settings. "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" I suppose so. Good rebuttal!However, clones DO get weaker the more there are, and Luffy has a variety of extremely effective moves for taking out high numbers of weaker opponents, including Conqueror's Haki (see video #5) or attacks as basic as Gomu Gomu no Storm.CONCLUSION-REBUTTALS"-Naruto is just as strong as Luffy"Not in terms of brute strength. Naruto simply doesn't have that muscle power"-Luffy cannot combine gear 2nd with gear 3rd."Yes he can."-Naruto has an advantage because of his multiple arms that can stretch like Luffy's"Luffy has giant arms that are so fast that they appear as several arms, thus equaling if not surpassing Naruto's chakra arms"-Naruto's armor is stronger if not equal to Luffy's armor."Luffy can take out Nine Tails just like every other gigantic beast he's faced."-Luffy can drown while Naruto can walk on water."Luffy can burn Naruto in any setting, whereas Naruto can only drown Luffy in some settings"-Naruto can in fact confuse Luffy with his clones."Luffy can take out all of them quite easily through his standard one vs. many moves.And with that, I hand the debate over to Pro.Good luck!SOURCES = videoshttp://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com...