No, Apoo ran away and has been portrayed as lesser than Drake when he was afreared of Drake in previous chapters with back up.
Then you have to invent reasoning as to why Mr. go’s statement about drake is also about Apoo or how suddenly it’s not valid or some shit?
it’s unfounded in any reasonable manga interpretation lmao, you need to be reading this shit with drunk goggles to see it that way
Apoo and Drake in the
absolute worst case were portrayed comparable throughout Onigashima.
Drake failed to put him down in a 2v1, but Apoo also showed hesitation going up against Drake later in a 1v1.
So it's more likely Drake would beat Apoo with full intel. But Drake already failed to put Apoo down in a 2v1 earlier. Apoo ends up with the better on panel feats.
I value Apoo's feats more. Despite not being an ancient zoan he arguably has better endurance than Drake. He could temporarily knock out Luffy, put Zoro on his knees, cut up Kidd, tagged Mr.Go and had him on his ass. Wtf did Drake or could Drake do? He can't replicate most of that.
In most situations Apoo is just stronger/the better asset. Drake has one thing going for him being durability/endurance, and Apoo is arguably beating him in that category too.