Originally posted by Khazra Reborn
You don't know that Faora can match Superman's strength, yes she caught his initial punch, but it's a lot more likely he was holding back at first. She's far more trained than him, there'd be no way that Clark would be able to engage her and Nam-Ek simultaneously with any degree of success if he wasn't stronger than them.Plus, you see their powers progress the longer they're under the sun, it's not unreasonable to assume their strength grows over time. Clark may have even said as much, I can't say for sure, I haven't seen the movie for a minute.
There is no such thing as he was likely holding back. It wasn't shown or explained that he was. Therefore, he wasn't. This is fiction, nothing exists unless it's in the writer's intention. Writer's intentions are usually clear and clearly shown. Superman punched with might on his face. He couldn't be possibly holding back.
More trained that Clark has no bearing on her matching his strength.
Kryptonians are virtually immune to each others punches and most attacks, even HV. It's like one character fighting two characters when no one can hurt the other.
Also, Nam was getting the better of Clark. Clark never fought them evenly because of this.