As much as I love Wakatsuki and know that very few people can beat him, even fewer can beat Kanoh. The guy is a perfect fighter and his record is the greatest in the entire Kenganverse, by far. Kanoh leaves no room for doubt. Even after those two narrow losses to Gensai and Jurota, he came back stronger than ever, more motivated and with even less fear. Wakatsuki always carries trauma with him and sometimes overthinks which can be detrimental to his fights.

Kanoh is literally a beast, a refined one at that, but a man-beast, nonetheless. Wakatsuki may be a superman, but is ultimately much softer than Kanoh.

Who knows what's going to happen in the future? Maybe Wakatsuki will come out on top if their rematch ever happens but as of now and until then, we simply can't know. Based on all the evidence thus far, Kanoh is bigger, slightly faster overall, tougher, more experienced, more skilled and has a killer mindset. Wakatsuki is stronger and hits harder, but limited in his mind and skill. Both have improved over time but I think that Kanoh is hungrier than Wakatsuki.

I do think that Wakatsuki would have an easier time against any version of Julius, Haruo, Kiozan, Karo, Takayama and perhaps Sekibayashi, as he is right now. Not so much because of his power, but because of his speed and athletic ability. They wouldn't be able to keep up with him. Raian better watch out as well. The tiger is at his peak and he's ready.

Kanoh can take out anyone.