Both those stats were for Jabra and Kaku in human form. Jabra told Kaku after learning that his Doriki is slightly higher, that it would be a different story if he uses his Devil Fruit.
Kaku was a swordsman and Jabra was a very capable martial artist with a unique fighting style called Tekkai Kenpo, developed around his unique mastery of Tekkai which allowed him to be the only CP9 member who can constantly maintain his protective "armor".
Kaku was definitely the stronger of the two, but by a small margin, as that was the purpose of revealing their Doriki and constrasting it with each other in the first place.
I don't condone :
Sanji fans using arguments such as Jabra having years of his experience with his Devil Fruit ability, or the fact that his Devil Fruit is that of a carnivore like Lucci's, to argue for his superiority.
Zoro fans using arguments such as the different fighting style and use of weaponry outside of his own body for Kaku to push for a much higher gap between the two.
There can be some validity to certain claims both fanbases make, but at the end of the day, they cancel each other out, and Oda's intended message remains the same :
Kaku is slightly stronger than Jabra.
Would Sanji win against Kaku ? It depends. Kaku has lethality on his side and the fact that he was significantly pushing Zoro and basically forced him to use Ashura. Sanji with DJ has the advantage over pre Ashura Zoro of being able to hurt Kaku regardless of wether he uses Tekkai or not. The trick that Kaku used to nullify Lion's Song through changing the nature of what Zoro was trying to cut, would do nothing against DJ.
I'm going to say that it depends mostly on wether you stand by the notion that "Zoro and Sanji made short work of their opponents once they used their power up", which is sometimes used to argue against a smaller gap between the two and Luffy in EL than the Doriki gap separating Jabra and Kaku would suggest.
If you do, you likely think Zoro and Sanji could have made extended use of DJ/Ashura, and if that's the case, it makes most sense that you'd be more open to the possibility that DJ Sanji would be able to defeat Kaku as well.
King and Queen have been portrayed as equals more so than any other pair of YC in the manga.
They are the only two YC introduced at the same time, with Oda using said introduction to greatly contrast them with the third YC as superior to such an extent that he's afraid to talk back to them.
We have Zoro calling both routes guarded by them equally difficut to go through, and they get very comparable portrayal with the way both attempt to stop Marco and Zoro from reaching the roof.
Maybe because of the meritocracy system implemented by Kaido in his crew, and their seniority serving as proof that they have been able to hold those top two positions since the moment Kaido walked into Wano, Oda has twisted the usual dynamic where the gap between the YC 1 and YC 2 seems bigger than the one between YC 2 and YC3, and instead made it so that the top two are competitive with each other, while the third lags behind by a fair margin.
Kaku was a swordsman and Jabra was a very capable martial artist with a unique fighting style called Tekkai Kenpo, developed around his unique mastery of Tekkai which allowed him to be the only CP9 member who can constantly maintain his protective "armor".
Kaku was definitely the stronger of the two, but by a small margin, as that was the purpose of revealing their Doriki and constrasting it with each other in the first place.
I don't condone :
Sanji fans using arguments such as Jabra having years of his experience with his Devil Fruit ability, or the fact that his Devil Fruit is that of a carnivore like Lucci's, to argue for his superiority.
Zoro fans using arguments such as the different fighting style and use of weaponry outside of his own body for Kaku to push for a much higher gap between the two.
There can be some validity to certain claims both fanbases make, but at the end of the day, they cancel each other out, and Oda's intended message remains the same :
Kaku is slightly stronger than Jabra.
Would Sanji win against Kaku ? It depends. Kaku has lethality on his side and the fact that he was significantly pushing Zoro and basically forced him to use Ashura. Sanji with DJ has the advantage over pre Ashura Zoro of being able to hurt Kaku regardless of wether he uses Tekkai or not. The trick that Kaku used to nullify Lion's Song through changing the nature of what Zoro was trying to cut, would do nothing against DJ.
I'm going to say that it depends mostly on wether you stand by the notion that "Zoro and Sanji made short work of their opponents once they used their power up", which is sometimes used to argue against a smaller gap between the two and Luffy in EL than the Doriki gap separating Jabra and Kaku would suggest.
If you do, you likely think Zoro and Sanji could have made extended use of DJ/Ashura, and if that's the case, it makes most sense that you'd be more open to the possibility that DJ Sanji would be able to defeat Kaku as well.
King and Queen have been portrayed as equals more so than any other pair of YC in the manga.
They are the only two YC introduced at the same time, with Oda using said introduction to greatly contrast them with the third YC as superior to such an extent that he's afraid to talk back to them.
We have Zoro calling both routes guarded by them equally difficut to go through, and they get very comparable portrayal with the way both attempt to stop Marco and Zoro from reaching the roof.
Maybe because of the meritocracy system implemented by Kaido in his crew, and their seniority serving as proof that they have been able to hold those top two positions since the moment Kaido walked into Wano, Oda has twisted the usual dynamic where the gap between the YC 1 and YC 2 seems bigger than the one between YC 2 and YC3, and instead made it so that the top two are competitive with each other, while the third lags behind by a fair margin.
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