User blog comment:AYET/Post-TS SHP member vs old pre-TS foe (Part 1)/@comment-4493594-20120716084224/@comment-4493594-20120716170546

Yes. It's not that unlikely if you look at how those two fought at Water 7. He's not physically stronger but in a fight pre-ts Luffy VS post-ts Usopp, Usopp would probably win.