Stronger than Macro who is fighting off 2 YC lvl (Possiblity of 3 if Perospero is involved) compare to Zoro who needs 5 vs 1 against a Yonko and first hit he takes from Kaido he is defeated?
Nah, Zoro is YC, but nothing pushes him above Macro and certain YC lvl characters. Macro stated nothing them stronger, just 'don't underestimate new generation. He wasn't speaking about Zoro, he talks about everyone around.
Have you seen Zoro's rooftop feats? Zoro AP is Oden level, while Marco's AP is Chopper level.
Interesting you include Perospero in there already, while we haven't seen him fighting Marco, but calls Rooftop fight a 5 vs 1, when BM was clearly there also. Marco can't say he's fighting 2 YC by himself anymore at this point, Chopper already got his hit in on Queen.
Scarring Kaido > stalling 2 YC for 40min ish if you ask me. Marco never fully stated Zoro is stronger than him, but it is implied, hyping up New Gen, calling SH heavy hitters, then single Zoro out to carry him. Like connecting the dots you can see this directly hypes up Zoro specifically, from Marco.