Even when that statement was "current", aka back in 2018, it was still dubious at best.QuakingStar wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:12 pm If you think Broly is stronger than Beerus with his max power, then you have to admit that Gohan is the strongest period with his max power. The direct implication of the line said for Gohan is that the condition for him to be the strongest is getting the limelight basically.
Statements being retconned is nothing new in this series, and I think the whole surpassing Beerus thing is one of those retconned things. It's also likely that Broly being stronger than Beerus was also retconned. In fact the latest statements only compare Broly's power to Cell Max by Toriyama himself. Toriyama's statement on Gohan is also there. So while Broly is still in the upper echelons, it seems very unlikely he is stronger than Beerus in the current power scale.
Because it was not a databook or the narrator that called Broly stronger than Beerus, it was Goku, who has certainly never seen the full extent of Beerus' power. There is a MASSIVE difference between an in-universe claim from a character and an out-of-universe statement from a meta source (like a databook).
Also, he said that it was a possibility that Broly was stronger than Beerus. How many times character A thought they stood a chance against character B, only to get a reality check and get demolished (a recurring theme with Vegeta)?
At this point, in 2024, it's clear that Broly is not a threat to Beerus.