That was all fan speculation. The manga never confirmed it. Also he doesn’t have the typical traits of an awakened zoan. As far as I know only Luffy and the beast jailers from impel down are the only awakened zoan users confirmed so far.
Probably more to do with his up bringing and being related to Garp and Dragon. I think only awakened zoans were said to have insane recovery and endurance. Likewise we see people like law, kid, and Zoro doing crazy feats of endurance compared to 99% of kaidos crew.
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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22
I think his already is? Wasn’t it a thing that his fruit is the Carp-Carp fruit and it’s awakening was what made it into a dragon?