That's because Gohan was holding back for a significant amount of time. It was only at the final moment that he really put in enough to overpower Cell (with help from Vegeta) because for most of that fight, he was afraid of causing too much damage to Earth.
One Strip! One Strip!A few pages ago we were talking about the circular topics of DBZ and who was stronger between Super Perfect Cell and SSJ 2 Gohan is one of those topics.
I view them about equal.
edited 2nd Jan '16 8:46:57 PM by Nikkolas
Yes, that Bobby Lashley, who I don't know the stats of when it comes to lifting and such, but who I do know is pretty strong. So I mentioned him and Bono rather than typing none of Sapp's opponents were as strong as him., to ensure no one would make me eat my words.
Are there any Dragon Ball characters based on historic fighters/martial artists?
edited 2nd Jan '16 8:53:05 PM by IndirectActiveTransport
Buldogue's lawyerActually, Raditz' Battle Power still exceeding the last recording for the Makankosappo (1,500 vs 1,330).
@LSBK - I'd still count it. Even if Cell was really the stronger combatant, I don't think it needs to be that black and white. Trunks could not defeat Cell while Cell was using less power than him.
Wouldn't it be fairer to say it was a Critical Hit?
Or do we consider the guy who was only beaten by pure luck to be that weak?
One Strip! One Strip!Kaio-Ken raises all stats by one stage but constantly damages you every turn.
Super Saiyan sharply raises all stats but it has shit distribution.
Spirit Bomb fires off of the Special Attack stats of the rest of your team.
Makankosappo is a Fighting Type Solarbeam.
Kienzan ignores defensive stat buffs and has a high critical-hit ratio.
edited 2nd Jan '16 10:14:59 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

That was a fight between two villains. Vegeta was no where near a Heel–Face Turn at that point.
edited 2nd Jan '16 8:21:03 PM by LSBK