Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-118.211.8.204-20150302141811/@comment-122.180.214.215-20150818090420

Yuuki never reset her stats from the start whereas Kirito did at the end of ALO. I think, Kirito still hasn't gotten stronger than his former self or may be he is still a lot weaker than that.

remember he beat 74th boss ALONE and here we are seeing Yuuki strugling to beat 27th floor boss along with 5-6 people. So, it is clear that Kirito used to be far stronger than Yuuki but may or may not be now.

In there first fight, he lost but admit that he wasn't serious the whole time and in the secone fight, it was quite clear that he could have won even with one sword. Doesn't matter whether she has got better reaction time, he has got far more experience in REAL fights and his dual weilding skill is now an original skill so cannot be considred cheating if he had used that against her original skill mother's rosario.