When did he beat Dante? Was it there first fight when he was just fighting to kill Dante and Dante clearly toyed with him? Or was it the 2nd fight when he was fighting to save Kyrie from Sanctus and lost badly while having his DT active? Nero starts to understand how to use his power at the end of the game. This is why he completely destroyed the Savior. Plus "he beat dante many time". Please name them. Look at every boss in DMC4. Now compare Nero's Cut scenes with these same bosses to Dante's. This shows you that Nero cannot match Dante at this point in time.