Evil Vegeta said:
That's not relevant to your rebuttal. You said Cell challenged Goku, which means Gohan was below Goku. When you're shown to be wrong, you cling to the word "tough" instead.
Vegeta said Goku surpassed him right after he got beat up by him. This is denial.
Cell didn't think much of Gohan, nobody did, because he's a child. All Gohan did was prove to be more durable then Cell thought, because... he's a child.
I am in no way in denial. I'm simply explaining basic english to your ass because you choose to deny it. And you make up stupid shit to prove yourself right, such as FnF and Super being canon, lmao.
Mike
It's still a past tense reference because they surpassed 10,000 at some point beforehand, seconds or not, it still occurred in the past. Additionally, the Z-Fighters didn't magically surpass Kami at that exact point, they did at point in the past but are still considered stronger now. The title chapter is also a past tense reference.