Yes.... in everything to ever do with Wormtale he has never once been described as skilled, brave, talented or even competent, anybody and everybody believed that Sirius had killed him, nobody seemed to have expected anything from Wormtale other then to die, nobody was surprised he was "killed" - and the following two extracts, from the POA come from when the teachers are in the Three Broomsticks discussing Sirius murdering Peter -
'Hero worshipped Black and Potter', said Professor McGonagall. 'Never quite in their league, talent wise.
Stupid...foolish boy... he was always hopeless at duelling
So while he got the drop on Sirius once, it was only through trickery and subterfuge - there has never been a sign that he would have a chance against Black in a straight up duel, but plenty to suggest he would go down quickly. Even when it came to being an animagi Wormtale struggled, it was only with Sirius and Jame's help he achieved it, and look what he ended up being.