Luffy wouldn’t beat Kaido in a 1vs1
Luffy had sooooooo much help
I have still Kaido >= Luffy
The problem with Kaido lose is this matter:
He lost to Luffy who gained Adv CoA one week before, he got adv CoC basically during that battle, he got awakening during that battle...
Law and Kid gone to Onigashima knowing having awakening as trumpcard and probably used it before.
Luffy did the opposite, he learned adv CoC for first time, yet he was able to toe vs toe against Kaido.
Kaido was clearly stronger, but Luffy got stronger and stronger during the battle.
Let be honest if we scale it right:
Chapter 1000-1009, Luffy was a low diff battle for Kaido
Chapter 1010-1016, Luffy finally could match Kaido with adv CoC, was a mid diff battle.
Chapter 1026-1043, Luffy with adv CoC and G4 finally give Kaido a great battle, remind him of his battle against Oden, Luffy pushed Kaido to high diff..
Chapter 1044-1050, Luffy with awakening barely won in a extrem high diff battle.
Every new powerup, every new try, this fight made Luffy stronger and stronger, the goal was to surpass Kaido.
And he did it, with every new stage, he finally surpassed him.
End of Luffy Wano was clearly on Kaido level.
Was he stronger? Doubt it, but he would give him a extrem high diff battle.
Now two arcs later, Luffy can probably use adv CoC far better, can use awakening better. At top can spam G4 in base form.
You had two characters hyping Luffy for beating Kaido(Kizaru and Gaban), I think it is the time for the community to accept that current Luffy IS stronger.