Sooo, you’re surprised? If so, i don’t really see why. We’ve kinda seen doffy more and he is more popular lowkey
Sabo has only low diffed a yonko commander, fight an unserious admiral, and attacked imu + the 5 elders. That specific yonko commander was honestly and respectfully doodoo at that time, fighting an admiral is impressive alone for that fact (but he still wasn’t serious so the hype must be contained to a certain extent for now), and imu + the 5 elders tanked both attacks easily. Plus, he does use more than one ability/power (haki, mera, & ryusoken) but for the most part, we’ve seen him getting used to using the mera more than using his other abilities. With the mera being irrelevant since he can’t use it in this poll.
We’ve seen doffy insanely often and has seen all he’s capable of, unlike sabo. That’s what people seem to not get at times though. Currently in the story, sabo is mainly scaled off of portrayal and things he’s done off screen in the story, like rising up to second in command without his devil fruit.
And doffy being awakened at that was the icing on the cake.