I agree plus he had to deal with 1st AND 2nd and he was still pwning, didn't sarutobi train the sannin too?The third, he was called God of Shinobi and was said to be the strongest of the Hokage and the strongest Kage of his generation(which is considered to be the strongest generation). He held his own against Orochimaru at the age of 80. In his prime, Orochimaru would have been taking it up his rearmost orifice with no vaseline.
Yessir, he did. They were his studentsI agree plus he had to deal with 1st AND 2nd and he was still pwning, didn't sarutobi train the sannin too?