Let’s face it, Imu isn’t “God tier” you guys were expecting him out to be
No more excuses from any of showings especially if he verbatim states that he is going to fight with the intent to kill. And for those people who are trying to sugarcoat the situation by saying “Imu is weakened because his body isn’t suited in the holy land” you’d also have to acknowledge that Loki is still injured from Shamrock and Gunko, and his injuries were stated to take SEVERAL months to recover which is big. And as a reminder Shanks did in fact beat Loki 6 years ago, it’s a conveniently set time for him to become a yonko so him defeating Loki would make sense
And if Luffy gets good showings on Imu this would further prove that Imu isn’t tiers above the rest if he is proven be be overwhelmed in certain moments and vulnerable by Luffys Gear 5 attacks, the same Gear 5 Luffy that had trouble against weakened Kaido in combat + Kizaru having a momentary clash with him in egghead.
2 top tiers>Imu is overall combat power