Even going by what you typed, Ares didn't fight that version of Hercules. He fought the version that was recovering from the Hydra venom after he fought off Wonder Man, a small army with high tech weapons, and eating a huge explosion.
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I love Arkon, he easily wins the first match by BFR.
The second though... He's skilled but he has never shown physical status enough to compete with high end bricks, this is the guy who lost to the Wrecking Crew off panel people. He's a fun character but he's off his hitting range here.
Uhm, he's gone up against the entire team of the Classic New X-Men, he's got into prolonged battles with the likes of Classic Wonder Man and Hercules, his physical status is just fine.
And now for a little context. The Wrecking Crew somehow learned to drain energy from outside sources. They were using the Avenger Photon (aka Captain Marvel, aka Spectrum) to amp themselves. The same amped Wrecking Crew that took down Arkon was the same amped Wrecking Crew that were handing the Avengers (which included Thor, Ionic Wonder Man, Scarlet Witch, etc...) their asses until Photon overloaded them and saved the team.
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Zop... The book even hinted that Ares may have fibbed a little regarding to the effects of the hydra blood. It implied that he was counting on Herc go bloodlusted so he's allowed to use max force in taking him down.
No mention of the blood weakening him. And if it did, it was completely burned out by Natasha's little trick. He fought Ares on seemingly equal footing by the time Ares had caught up with them over the Atlantic ocean.
I'm going to go and check my Akron collection, since I was preparing his respect thread, but as far as my recollection he has no critical wins without anyone of renown. Sure, he hangs in there and is stronger than Goliath (class 50 hero) but he is rarely shown overwhelming people physically.
Ares fought Hercules after the following happened to Hercules :
a) he'd been poisoned by the most potent venom known to the gods (Ares' words, not mine)
b) he got through fighting Wonder Man
c) he got through fighting a small army armed with special weapons trying to take him down
d) he got hit with a huge explosion that burned the Hydra blood out of his system
Arkon fought Hercules after the following happened :
a) he got sucker punched by a healthy Hercules as he was trying to walk away
b) even though Hercules had the upper hand, Crystal still deemed it necessary to jump in and help to end the fight quicker
And here's more info on the Hydra Blood : (please log in to view the image)
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