Well no, I just didn't anticipate how big the wano power jumps would be. I even argued that zoro wasn't strong enough to beat king at one point(again, back in 2020) as well, and he wasn't until Oda gave him ACoC, which I didn't think Oda would do.
This has nothing to do with me downplaying Sanji
https://worstgen.alwaysdata.net/for...-the-one-to-capture-luffy.20266/#post-2268281
You can read my thoughts on Koby right there. Koby's goal is to be strong enough to fight Luffy, Luffy believes Koby can achieve this goal. Therefore, EoS Koby should be stronger than Sanji.
At the moment, Koby is going up against hancock. If Oda gives Koby the same type of power ups he gave Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, he should win. And if Koby beats hancock, I think you could make a decent case for him being stronger than sanji.