Clint "lasting" as long as he did against T'Challa in cqc is nothing more than PIS. CW T'Challa completely no sold high-caliber gunfire, uppercut from Winter Soldier's bionic arm and shield throw from Captain America. Clint could hit him with his staff as hard as he could and T'Challa propably wouldn't even budge. He could just grab Clint's staff, cut it in half and procced to one-punch him. But the Russos really wanted everyone involved in the airport scene to be at least semi-relevant, so we see T'Challa performing needless, flashy acrobatics instead of ending the fight quickly and efficiently.
@anthp2000: well for starters Clint DIDNT put T’Challa down at range. Even then, Oliver’s draw speed has kept Vandal at bay for a while, himself a bullet timer. Oliver could also end it with a tase arrow.
Then in CQC, he’s disarmed Vandal Savage. A superhuman at least on par with T’Challa; definitely faster. Vandal, however, is way way way more skilled than T’Challa going untagged against three competent fighters, all League wreckers (fodder more skilled than any seen in the MCU). Oliver keeps up with him handily and disarms him. Plus scaling superior to Sara (and he is, you know it) who I’m pretty sure you think is > Clint.
He disarmed him twice, first from his knife and later from the Staff.
He also overpowered the likes of Atom and Hawkman.
He lolstomped Diggle, Thea (at her prime) and Laurel while simultaneously dodging/deflecting Oliver's arrows.
It should also be noted that Oliver was pretty much a mental wreck during his fight with Savage. Barely few hours ago the guy has learnt that he's a father and Felicity broke up with him.
Even Barry (after time traveling) made note of his mental state during the fight:
"Let's start with what went wrong."
"You did. When we go up against Savage your head is not in the game, you're not yourself."
Arrow s04e08, Oliver Queen and Barry Allen
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