Okay, I believe you about Sabertooth having the advantage, I'm outdated on comics... severly...
I'm learning a lot, I love this character, he is so raw and defined. He is one of my favorite villians, along with Sinister, Magneto and Apoc. His history with Gambit only makes me like him more, don't know why, I guess because through his evil he opened a part of Gambit that I would otherwise not have seen, and that is what he does, opens up parts of the others that are unpleasent.
Gambit hates him too, loved when he was getting back at him.