Hardly a argument because same can be said for Luffy.
Luffy was already knocked out and had to be carried by Zoro even before he reached Kaido . For entire time Jinbei and Sanji were telling him to save his strength for Kaido.
Another thing people always chose to ignore is Luffy lost 2 rounds to Kaido because he didnt figure out how to properly use acoc ( at first round at Kuri he did not even have it or advanced armament and on second round its usage was crude and clumsy )
Once Luffy figured out how to use his acoc properly he matched Kaido for entire round 3 he even matched his Haki by splitting the sky and only got defeated after CP0 guy intervention he was already around his level even before G5.
With G5 he completely surpassed him.
Luffy was already knocked out and had to be carried by Zoro even before he reached Kaido . For entire time Jinbei and Sanji were telling him to save his strength for Kaido.
Another thing people always chose to ignore is Luffy lost 2 rounds to Kaido because he didnt figure out how to properly use acoc ( at first round at Kuri he did not even have it or advanced armament and on second round its usage was crude and clumsy )
Once Luffy figured out how to use his acoc properly he matched Kaido for entire round 3 he even matched his Haki by splitting the sky and only got defeated after CP0 guy intervention he was already around his level even before G5.
With G5 he completely surpassed him.