The epic Freiza vs Goku debate

[Deo]

If by fought, you count throwing attacks that did nothing but superficial 'damage', note the quotation marks, get pounded, dodge attacks that had no real effort behind them on Freiza's part, and so forth competing.

Freiza didn't try. At all. It was not competition. Competition requires both people to be actually trying.

You know. Like in boxing. If one fighter is toying with the other, only letting him hold on by whatever ground the other gives him, it's not called competing. It's called toying with his opponent.