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Imo it's like this. Danzō is incredibly skilled—he wouldn't be the boss of a secret badass organisation if he was a lousy couch potato, but Hiruzen is on a completely different level where power is concerned. Even if we bring out the strategy and tactician thing, Hiruzen would be lacking in neither, that old fox. Nobody can compare that prick Sasuke (pre Six Paths augmentation) to Hiruzen—they're several levels apart. Danzō would probably try sneak attack after sneak attack, Izanagi after Izanagi, but the Professor would probably counter it all, but his elemental mastery and mastery over all forms of shinobi combat. Simply put, in my opinion, the cat doesn't have enough lives to best the Professor.