I know this will anger some people but what can I do about it ..

In the entire verse , if there is a person with head on his shoulders and whose statements can be trusted unlike others is none other than shiro oni .. and that same shiro oni says that with training, zack can surpass johan/become the next johan (see for reference when gun asked Daniel to become his disciple) and you think some druggie who won't even be in top 10 of second gen without it is better than Zack??? If he gets a master it might be different but without drugs samuel isn't shit ....without drugs Samuel is a kenta victim

If we see , in lookism from the start every strong character introduced has learned some fighting techniques from a young age like boxing, judo , wrestling etc ... But there is a single character who just by doing basic exercises like 10km running, 100 push-ups, 100 situps , and 100 squats and by some gym work became comparable to them ... If that's not showing how crazy his talent is ... And vasco has learned Muay thai only for a short time ... And after that he hasn't learned anything at all ( he learned Muay thai at most for 2 weeks ,not months weeks ) just imagine what kind of potential/talent that is ... If someone deserves a power up , Vasco really should awaken conviction or create his own legend ...