One Piece: Here’s How Many Fights Zoro Lost After Mihawk!
Zoro is known as one of One Piece’s best swordsmen, and after his epic defeat to Mihawk on the Baratie, he has given himself and Luffy a vow to never really lose a fight again. And while he technically hasn’t, as each of his losses can be rationalized in one way or another, Zoro was overpowered on more than one occasion, even after losing to Mihawk, so we’ll tell you what happened and how many times it happened in the story.
After losing to Mihawk, Zoro has been defeated roughly ten times in battle (single or as part of a group) by opponents and under various circumstances. Fans of Zoro are quick to discard all of these losses due to various reasons, but it is a fact that the swordsman has been defeated in all of these instances. Still, these defeats never had the gravity of his defeat to Mihawk, so we can still consider that Zoro has not broken his promise to Luffy and to himself.
The rest of this article will be about Zoro’s sword-fighting history in the series, as we will focus on his battles and what happened there. Zoro has been in a series of battles after his loss to Mihawk, and his opponents have overpowered him on more than one occasion. However, fans of the character still don’t consider these situations as proper losses, which we will address in this article. You will learn about all these controversial moments and get an explanation for each. The article will contain spoilers, so be careful how you approach it.
Zoro has fought a great deal of battles after his loss to Mihawk, and he has not won all of them
Now, before we begin, we’d like to give you a list of Zoro’s battles from the series. Here they are:
Canon
- Zoro vs. Kuina (2001 times)
- Zoro vs. Mr. 7 (not seen)
- Zoro and Monkey D. Luffy vs. Morgan
- Zoro vs. Buggy
- Zoro vs. Cabaji
- Zoro vs. Sham and Buchi
- Zoro vs. Dracule Mihawk
- Zoro vs. Hatchan
- Zoro and Sanji vs. Arlong
- Zoro vs. Tashigi
- Zoro vs. 100 Baroque Works agents
- Zoro vs. Luffy vs. Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine
- Zoro vs. Mr. 5
- Zoro vs. Mr. 1
- Zoro vs. Braham
- Zoro vs. Ohm
- Zoro, Nico Robin, Gan Fall, and Wyper vs. Enel
- Zoro and Sanji vs. Hamburg, Pickles, and Big Pan
- Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, and Robin vs. Admiral Aokiji
- Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, and Tony Tony Chopper vs. Franky Family
- Zoro vs. T Bone
- Zoro and Sogeking vs. Kaku and Jabra
- Zoro vs. Kaku
- Zoro vs. Shu
- Zoro vs. Helmeppo
- Zoro vs. Ryuma
- Straw Hat Pirates (minus Luffy) and Brook vs. Oars and Gecko Moria
- Zoro vs. Bartholomew Kuma
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Flying Fish Riders
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. PX-4
- Zoro, Usopp, and Brook vs. Kizaru
- Zoro vs. Humandrills
- Zoro and Sanji vs. PX-7
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Surume
- Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Brook vs. Ryugu Palace guards and King Neptune
- Zoro vs. Hody Jones’ captive human pirates
- Zoro vs. Hody Jones
- Straw Hat Pirates and Jinbe vs. New Fish-Man Pirates
- Zoro vs. Dosun
- Zoro vs. Hyouzou
- Zoro and Luffy vs. Punk Hazard Dragon
- Zoro, Luffy, Usopp, and Robin vs. Brownbeard and the Centaur Patrol Unit
- Zoro, Brook and Kin’emon vs. G-5 Marines
- Zoro and Tashigi vs. Monet
- Zoro vs. Issho (near the Corrida Colosseum)
- Zoro vs. Pica
- Zoro, Luffy, and Trafalgar Law vs. Machvise, Senor Pink, and Dellinger
- Zoro and Luffy vs. Issho (during the Torikago game)
- Zoro vs. Pica (On Pica’s stone statue)
- Zoro vs. Carrot
- Zoro and Luffy vs. Basil Hawkins and his men
- Zoro, Luffy, and Kiku vs. Beasts Pirates and enemy samurai
- Zoro vs. Kyoshiro Family grunts
- Zoro vs. Onimaru
- Zoro vs. Kamazo
- Zoro vs. Kyoshiro
- Zoro vs. Orochi Oniwabanshu (Outside Enma Shrine)
- Zoro vs. Fujin
- Zoro vs. Onimaru (round 2)
- Zoro and Kawamatsu vs. Beasts Pirates
- Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance and Kid Pirates vs. Beasts Pirates and their allies
- Straw Hat Pirates (except Chopper, Usopp and Nami) vs. Beasts Pirates
- Zoro and Luffy vs. Scratchmen Apoo
- Zoro vs. Shinuchi and Gifters
- Zoro, Luffy, Jinbe and X Drake vs. Goki and Juki
- Zoro vs. X Drake vs. Scratchmen Apoo
- Zoro, Luffy, Eustass Kid, Killer and Law vs. Kaidou, Charlotte Linlin, Zeus, Prometheus and Napoleon
- Zoro and Sanji vs. King and Queen
- Zoro vs. King
- Zoro vs. Kaku
- Zoro vs. S-Hawk
- Zoro and Kaku vs. S-Hawk
- Zoro vs. Rob Lucci (Labophase)
List of battles retrieved from Fandom.
Non-canon or filler
- Zoro vs. Dick
- Zoro vs. Eric
- Zoro vs. Lake
- Zoro vs. Golass
- Zoro vs. Pin Joker
- Zoro vs. Hotdog
- Zoro and Monkey D. Luffy vs. Saga
- Zoro vs. Maji
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Governor
- Zoro vs. Monkey D. Luffy
- Zoro vs. Sanji
- Zoro vs. Mikazuki
- Zoro vs. Don Accino
- Zoro vs. Largo
- Zoro vs. Ettousaurus
- Zoro, Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, and Chopper vs. Shiki
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Golden Lion Pirates
- Zoro vs. Indigo
- Zoro vs. Nuru
- Zoro and Luffy vs. Momonga
- Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji vs. Z
- Zoro vs. Ain (on Secon Island)
- Zoro vs. Ain (on Piriodo)
- Zoro vs. Zebra vs. Vegeta
- Zoro vs. Peseta
- Straw Hat Pirates vs. Treasure Pirates
- Zoro vs. Naomi Drunk
- Zoro vs. Narcie
- Zoro vs. Gild Tesoro
- Zoro vs. Dice
- Straw Hat Pirates (except Sanji), Wanda, and Carrot vs. Sutchies
- Zoro vs. The Magistrate’s subordinates
- Zoro and Luffy vs. Sumo wrestlers
- Zoro and Kikunojo vs. Speed
- Zoro vs. A white tiger wielding a sword
As you can see, there are more than 100 battles in which Zoro has participated in the series. Some of these were individual duels, some as part of various groups. The ones we’ve bolded are the ones considered controversial by the fans.
In all of these fights, Zoro definitely did not win. But, he did not really fight in all of them, at least not properly (for example, he was captured or ambushed in some of them, so it wasn’t really a proper fight to begin with), so fans are quick to discard them. The only four battles Zoro was unable to fight were those against Arlong, Enel, Kizaru, and Kuma.
Now, Zoro’s fans are quick to discard these ones as well, as they weren’t proper duels or they weren’t fights against swordsmen, but it is a fact that Zoro was defeated in these situations. However, you want to label it in the end. Zoro has lost roughly ten times in the series after his loss to Mihawk (it is difficult to properly list all of his losses since not all of them are even officially listed – for example, the time the Yeti Brothers captured him is not listed as an official fight, although Zoro did “lose” there).
Fans of the character will tell you that he never lost, while those with a more objective insight will tell you that the number is around ten. Of course, these “losses” never had the same gravity as his loss to Mihawk, so we can actually say that Zoro has kept his promise so far, but we cannot deny that he was defeated and overpowered, as we have told you above.
