Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25516007-20141008201906/@comment-26302001-20141015054537

He said it would be a tie at his current state. He was deathly ill then just like when he fought Sasuke, as Kisame was trying to be all "are you ok Itachi we should go rest somewhere man you can't be doing that stuff manz" Dude was sick af and Kisame knew it too. A Healthy Itachi?? No Jiraiya would die. He went toe to toe as an edo tensei against Killer Bee and had the upper hand, he went toe to toe against chakra Mode Naruto and tied with him in taijutsu. Jiraiya is not weak at all, but Itachi was clearly said by Orochimaru, Hiruzen, Kabuto, and Kakashi to be on a completely different class and level than everyone else. I think sure he would be pushed to exhaustion fighting Jiraiya and be hurt, but he wouldn't lose. Orochimaru and Jiraiya can't beat Itachi.