Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26636534-20180830184727/@comment-32685487-20190206155141

Oro's statement was pertaining to his current self of the time too, the same one who fought Jiraiya and Tsunade. Itachi was still stronger than him, to the point that even if he had his hands back it wouldn't matter as he gave up trying to defeat Itachi and take his body.