Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26005711-20150512133037/@comment-4061125-20150719213419

Uchiahmasters wrote: RikudoSasuke wrote: hiruzens abilities WerE greatly exaggerated.in his prime he must have been equal to or greater than the third raikage .nowhere near tobirama senju.people often overlook tobirama because of his godly brother,but the gap between them isnt as large as most people think.madara himself has stated that while they were alive tobirama and himself could have fought on equal grounds.that puts tobirama not that far behind hashirama -i.e. in the boss league.that puts things in perspective.comparing hiruzen to tobirama would be like comparing him to madara.hiruzen was powerful in his day,likely most powerful in the world, but far from titans like hashirama, tobirama, madara etc when did Madara state that Tobirama could have fought on equal level with him I've read all the manga where Madara appears multiple times and I never heard Madara state that Tobirama could be his equal not to mention how out of character that would be due to how arrogant Madara is

I'm not entirely sure when or if Madara stated that Tobirama could fight on an equal level with him, but I do remember that it was stated that Tobirama was almost at the same power level of Hashirama.