I agree you could make a case for Current Orochimaru based on hype, but not feats.
"Healthy" Itachi is also hype as we've only seen him as a weakened ET & a sickly human. It is often the case with Mangas that characters get powerups but don't display them.
Sick Itachi stated him and Jiriaya would both die, not that he would lose and you say Itachi had no intel on Sage Mode, but same could be said about Sword of Totsuka and Izanami. Plus when that statement was made Kishimoto didn't even come up with their powers yet, based on feats it's not even relevant anymore.
No Jiriaya did not have intel either. But he is better suited to feeling out his opponents as he has multiple advantages over Itachi;
1 - Sage Mode Precog & speed would prevent him from getting Totsuka blitzed.
2 - Experienced. Jiriaya has seen a lot & would likely know how to combat an Uchiha. Having Ma & Pa at his side would also mean he has the numbers to attack with various strategies as well.
3 - Numbers. This isn't J-Man vs Itachi really. It's J-Man, Ma & Pa or whoever else he decides to summon. This gives Jiriaya a multitude of different options for Ninjutsu & abilities like Mas to sense chakra. Susanoo has also been shown to not be able to defend against sound based attacks which Ma & Pa can use as a weapon (Frog song vs Paths of pain summons)
4 - Stamina. Regardless of being healthy or unhealthy J-Man is going to be able to fight for longer than Itachi as he is better suited for it. His natural chakra reserves are also boosted for when he enters SM + that of what Ma & Pa have.
5 - Immunity to genjutsu since his chakra is blended with Ma & Pa. They can snap him out of any Genjutsu if he gets caught.
6 - Frog song. It has already been shown that Itachi can be caught by sound based Genjutsu & unlike Pain he wouldn't have anyone to break him out of it.
Itachi would have a very difficult fight ahead of him.
Pain's statement was in admiration, we know after Pain's fight with Naruto that Pain could have easily beat his master via Chibaku Tensei or Shinra Tensei if he didn't underestimate him.
I disagree I believe J-man would be able to break out of it by summoning his toads & blasting the center with a collaboration jutsu. As for Nagato using CT I doubt he'd be able to J-man would be right up in his face not allowing his to use it.
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