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No, because this prophecy had nothing to do with power, just a prediction of events.
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I agree - it didnt imply power. It was a prophecy, not an utterance of doom, or command of fate.
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Just because Glorfindel predicted that the WK wouldn't be slain by a living Man (and I believe this prophecy refers to the maker of the Blade of Westernesse rather than Eowyn) does not mean that no Man had the power to overcome him.
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uncoventional thinking there. I wouldnt go that far. But, to me, it doesnt really matter how you interpret the prophecy or truth soothing,
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..Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall.
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the WK did indeed not fall by the hand of man, and there were plenty of chances by numerous men to fell the WK.
Like the Huan example, the difficulty is in quantifying entities who are special and unique, and have, apart from magical or supernatural abilities, also may have dooms or fates that are of... a more.... divine nature that supercede anything else.
Apples to apples it would be Sauron over Huan. Lordliness, skills over nature and technology, powers of command, etc.
Apples to oranges it would be Huan over Sauron. Put them both in the Thunderdome, one on one, and it would be Huan having the mastery, as it was related in the Silm. And thats with (IMO) Sauron having personal powers that far exceeded what he had in the 2nd or 3rd ages.
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And especially the Silmarils.
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especially especially the Two Trees