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Reposting the analysis I cobbled up in Neoseeker here because direct criticism is better than 
going "lmao no Fat Boo is way, way weaker than Goku" 
Right off the bat, the Daizenshuu 2's Volume 40 summary states that Goku and Fat Boo are on par with each other in power:
In the fight itself, the initial chapter where Boo and Goku battle, Chapter 280, is when Goku has a blatant advantage, but considering the fact that the title of the following chapter, 281, is 見え始めた魔人ブウの真価, or Mie Hajimeta Majin Bū no Shinka - which can be translated "Majin Boo Begins To Show His True Worth" (which is what Viz renders it at, since the preview [link name=states]https://i.gyazo.com/4b903caa702d79047cb2c389adda3441.png[/link] "next time - a glimpse of the true Boo"), it's fair to say Fat Boo is merely toying around at that point (I'm aware it's just one of the possible translations).
Chapter 281 has Boo and Goku truly fight and trade blows evenly.
Goku and Boo trade a punch, which both have the same effect this time around, and Fat Boo is shown keeping up with Goku's speed as he prepares a Kamehameha.
Fat Boo throws his own Kamehameha at Goku, which takes him visible effort to bounce back as shown by him being drawn with sweat in his face. In the previous chapter, we are shown Goku steamrolling held back Boo with relative ease and he was never drawn with a single drop of sweat in any panel, as anyone can check if they want. The fact that he is, both before and after bouncing the attack back, shows Goku is using lots of his effort to actually swat this KHH away.
Fat Boo himself reacts to the thrown back blast (which, of course, would have been faster than before due to it being accelerated with Goku's strength) and deflects his own KHH easily, all while still smirking at Goku, showing Boo is having his own fun.
Goku is actually surprised that Boo deflected the accelerated KHH, as demonstrated by the "!!" alongside the sweat drop. Right after the blast, he is shown frustrated:
Beforehand, Boo's punches only budged Goku a little and he had a strained expression, but now he's shown the ability to send Goku flying away with a non-extended punch easily, and is smiling effortlessly whenever Goku throws a blow.
The relevant feats, alongside the Daizenshuu, all show that Goku and Fat Boo roughly rival each other in power.
Definition of "somewhat"
in some degree or measure; slightly
The statement here is clarifying that Fat Boo is only a bit weaker than Pure Boo, who Goku rivals as far as power goes. Therefore, Fat Boo and Goku rivaling each other is backed up by both Daizenshuu 2 and 7.
Was Goku going all-out?
A common line that is thrown around is this one:
To argue that Goku was suppressing his ki against Fat Boo, therefore all the feats accomplished in that fight are meaningless.
If you actually pay attention this is already a self contradictory claim - Piccolo couldn't have possibly known that Goku was suppressing his power as a Super Saiyan 3 when he made this statement, so how is this supposed to be talking about raw power at all? In any case, let's keep pushing.
Goku tells Trunks and the others that he will go and stall Boo and Babidi, so everyone is aware of what he is doing. He doesn't intend to go Super Saiyan 3 until he realizes Trunks is taking too much time reaching Capsule Corp. to retrieve the Dragon Radar, at which point he transforms in order to stall Boo. As soon as he senses Trunks's ki, he goes back. Piccolo and co. are all aware that Goku is only stalling Boo.
Goku and Piccolo's conversation makes it rather clear that Piccolo isn't actually thinking about Goku suppressing his ki:
The focus is that Super Saiyan 3 uses up and eats away all of Goku's ki to maintain, therefore Piccolo is already making his statement with the fact that Goku is maintaining that form with all of his power in mind.
Once you've established that and put it alongside the fact that everyone was aware of the fact Goku was just stalling Boo, it's rather clear what Piccolo means here: he is asking Goku why he didn't wipe Boo out with an all-out attack.
Piccolo is aware that Boo is immortal and that physical damage means absolutely nilch to him, so there would be zero point in asking Goku why he didn't punch Boo to death. The only logical conclusion left is an all-out energy blast to thoroughly wipe Boo out.
The situation with Fat Boo would be absolutely no different than the situation involving Pure Boo, which should further clarify what is meant here:
An all-out attack would be needed to wipe out both of them the same way. Goku states he'd be able to beat Fat Boo back then - he states this while under the assumption his Super Saiyan 3 isn't any different while he is living, which was ultimately disproven. Therefore, much like Pure Boo, Goku can only defeat Fat Boo while he is dead and is able to gather his ki for an attack.
Thus we can safely conclude that Goku and Fat Boo are relatively on par with each other, with Goku having an edge to some degree.
going "lmao no Fat Boo is way, way weaker than Goku" Right off the bat, the Daizenshuu 2's Volume 40 summary states that Goku and Fat Boo are on par with each other in power:
In the fight itself, the initial chapter where Boo and Goku battle, Chapter 280, is when Goku has a blatant advantage, but considering the fact that the title of the following chapter, 281, is 見え始めた魔人ブウの真価, or Mie Hajimeta Majin Bū no Shinka - which can be translated "Majin Boo Begins To Show His True Worth" (which is what Viz renders it at, since the preview [link name=states]https://i.gyazo.com/4b903caa702d79047cb2c389adda3441.png[/link] "next time - a glimpse of the true Boo"), it's fair to say Fat Boo is merely toying around at that point (I'm aware it's just one of the possible translations).
Chapter 281 has Boo and Goku truly fight and trade blows evenly.
Fat Boo throws his own Kamehameha at Goku, which takes him visible effort to bounce back as shown by him being drawn with sweat in his face. In the previous chapter, we are shown Goku steamrolling held back Boo with relative ease and he was never drawn with a single drop of sweat in any panel, as anyone can check if they want. The fact that he is, both before and after bouncing the attack back, shows Goku is using lots of his effort to actually swat this KHH away.
Fat Boo himself reacts to the thrown back blast (which, of course, would have been faster than before due to it being accelerated with Goku's strength) and deflects his own KHH easily, all while still smirking at Goku, showing Boo is having his own fun.
Goku is actually surprised that Boo deflected the accelerated KHH, as demonstrated by the "!!" alongside the sweat drop. Right after the blast, he is shown frustrated:
Beforehand, Boo's punches only budged Goku a little and he had a strained expression, but now he's shown the ability to send Goku flying away with a non-extended punch easily, and is smiling effortlessly whenever Goku throws a blow.
The relevant feats, alongside the Daizenshuu, all show that Goku and Fat Boo roughly rival each other in power.
Daizenshuu 7 said:
Definition of "somewhat"
in some degree or measure; slightly
The statement here is clarifying that Fat Boo is only a bit weaker than Pure Boo, who Goku rivals as far as power goes. Therefore, Fat Boo and Goku rivaling each other is backed up by both Daizenshuu 2 and 7.
Was Goku going all-out?
A common line that is thrown around is this one:
To argue that Goku was suppressing his ki against Fat Boo, therefore all the feats accomplished in that fight are meaningless.
If you actually pay attention this is already a self contradictory claim - Piccolo couldn't have possibly known that Goku was suppressing his power as a Super Saiyan 3 when he made this statement, so how is this supposed to be talking about raw power at all? In any case, let's keep pushing.
Goku tells Trunks and the others that he will go and stall Boo and Babidi, so everyone is aware of what he is doing. He doesn't intend to go Super Saiyan 3 until he realizes Trunks is taking too much time reaching Capsule Corp. to retrieve the Dragon Radar, at which point he transforms in order to stall Boo. As soon as he senses Trunks's ki, he goes back. Piccolo and co. are all aware that Goku is only stalling Boo.
Goku and Piccolo's conversation makes it rather clear that Piccolo isn't actually thinking about Goku suppressing his ki:
Chapter: 476 (DBZ 282) said:
Chapter: 477 (DBZ 283) said:
The focus is that Super Saiyan 3 uses up and eats away all of Goku's ki to maintain, therefore Piccolo is already making his statement with the fact that Goku is maintaining that form with all of his power in mind.
Once you've established that and put it alongside the fact that everyone was aware of the fact Goku was just stalling Boo, it's rather clear what Piccolo means here: he is asking Goku why he didn't wipe Boo out with an all-out attack.
Piccolo is aware that Boo is immortal and that physical damage means absolutely nilch to him, so there would be zero point in asking Goku why he didn't punch Boo to death. The only logical conclusion left is an all-out energy blast to thoroughly wipe Boo out.
The situation with Fat Boo would be absolutely no different than the situation involving Pure Boo, which should further clarify what is meant here:
Chapter: 510 (DBZ 316) said:
Chapter: 509 (DBZ 315) said:
Chapter: 512 (DBZ 318) said:
An all-out attack would be needed to wipe out both of them the same way. Goku states he'd be able to beat Fat Boo back then - he states this while under the assumption his Super Saiyan 3 isn't any different while he is living, which was ultimately disproven. Therefore, much like Pure Boo, Goku can only defeat Fat Boo while he is dead and is able to gather his ki for an attack.
Thus we can safely conclude that Goku and Fat Boo are relatively on par with each other, with Goku having an edge to some degree.
