You argue for She-Hulk's higher showings of h2h in order to credit her an advantage in this fight but ignore Sabretooth's skills and fighting prowess for artistic embellishment? Hm. 😕
Okay for an instant I will entertain the idea that Sabretooth will start the fight with an open lunge.
This type of pouncing attack has been "too fast" for Wolverine to properly respond to, too fast fast for cyclops at close range multiple times, Beast, Sasquatch to land a hit while in turn getting diced, allowed him to get in close with Wendigo, had Iron Fist scared half to death with his speed, tore an entire disguise of his off of him before he could even raise a hand to stop him, blitzed Punisher while dodging automatic machine gun fire, blitzed Deadpool, blitzed Dardedevil before his radar sense could even properly register the threat, blitzed Killpower, snatched Spidey out of the air, blitzed Gambit, Iceman, Wildchild, Spetsnaz supersoldiers, Maverick, The Native.... In an overwhelming number of his fights his speed is referenced or put up for display AND done so against a high calibur of opponent.
Even if the only name I could have shot off there was Wolverine, it would be more than enough reason to rob Jen of this assumption that she'd be able to so easily handle his pouncing speed, buuuut you've got multiple meta's and supers who all have a laundry list of skills and feats with powers like enhanced senses, reflexes etc. Closing ground on Punisher without getting tagged is something even Spiderman has troubles doing.
To presume that She-Hulk would so easily just grab Sabretooth in a standing fight and do so without taking massive damage in turn is giving her a MASSIVE benefit of the doubt in my opinion and as I said it undersells the premise of his character.
As far as his ability to dish out damage is concerned... I suppose if all comes down to whether or not you think Wendigo's claws are more durable/sharp than Sabretooth's. I don't, and I have reasons for that.
One: Sabretooth's organic claws are sharp enough to the point that they can cut with surgical precision.
Two: His claws have been referenced on panel as being as deadly as Wolverine's claws.
Three: Sabretooth's biology is a wealthy amount greater than Wolverine in the aspects of durability and density.
Four: Wolverine's bone claws have cut through characters like Hulk, a Skrull-Thing, Wendigo, Ms. Marvel etc.
and Five: BEFORE UPGRADES Sabretooth was walkin' around with the stoping power to go fisticuffs with Ms. Marvel, and give Rogue a 3 hitter quitter. His strength coupled with his claws would likely be doing a mass amount of damage with every strike; power, presicion, leathality.
In order the be under the belief that Jen can outright resist Sabretooth's claws you have to start ignoring all these little factoids. I can't. 😬
Now I looked at your list of durability feats, but I never argued about her durability being great. I know it's tough, it has to be in order for her to be a competitor in her own weight class, but it isn't suited to resist Sabretooth's claws, adamantium OR organic. She's proven this (kinda), her Cousin's proven this, and it's just kind of a staple of most bricks and their relations with the Wolvie brood.
If his attacks are not outright critical they WILL likely be severely disabling in some way, shape or form and none of those examples showed me that she has the ability to turn that kind of damage.
As for the example you referenced... I guess I would need to see it in order to make a conclusion, do you know what issue that occured in?
As for the Wendigo fight... the fight makes chronological references to taking place well after the events in the X-Men between her and Juggernaught. It happened during the events around it's publishing date. You probably thought otherwise because of the subplot with Jen right? But that had more to do with her personality disorder than chronology. She isn't more skilled, or genetically different now than she was in that fight.
I disagree that it's a low showing, since it's the only time I've seen her get her guts spilled out on the floor. She didn't take it very well. In a fight with Sabretooth... she'll need to.
As for the speed/skill gap... The speed thing I covered. Sabretooth is legitimately faster in combat than Wolverine, and it's something referenced time and time again. No way is Jen that fast and a couple of showings taking down people flying or running in a straight line towards her from distance don't change my mind. Her fight with IM is nice I guess, but it's not one anyone with decent fighting skills couldn't replicate in h2h IMO. Tony isn't exactly known for being a h2h genious or even really that remarkable for that matter... what with getting continuously tossed around or beat on by Cap up close.
Her fight with Blonski well... I don't know what to say, she started off the fight literally divebombing into the guy unsuspecting, and ended it with cheapshotting him which she even admitted to... I'm not sure that Sabretooth would fall for such wiles. lol
Seriously though, it's similar to people arguing Gamora tagging a restrained Thing as a feat of skill... It actually kind of hurts her fighting credability when she admits she can't do it straight up.
Though I'll admit her noting pressure points IS impressive, it's not as impressive as say, making a fool out of people like Iron Fist, or Wolverine in straight h2h... Not even at the level of tooling Kitty Pride or Psylocke with skill. All things the Tooth has done IN combat, and usually WITH restraints both figurative and literal.
From where I'm standing her strength is the only thing she has in this fight that's a real advantage... strength which is pretty much wasted on Sabretooth Adamantium or no.
You can continue to believe her durability and damage soak can refute his claws, but I haven't seen the proof to make that argument, and what proof I HAVE seen suggests otherwise, heavily.
The Adamantium isn't really a clincher here... It just cements things that were already likely to begin with.
BTW: Sorry I was an ass-hat in my last post. You didn't deserve that. I apologize.
