Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-11276487-20130710213114/@comment-19324905-20130711005224

That may have been true but I believe he lost because of the fear of the Super Saiyan power and also because he blindly thought that he was still superior over any Saiyan or opponent out there. Which was the reason he still denys that Goku won that fight. (Too bad Trunks didn't get the fight between him and Goku continue. It was really a lose because Trunks step in a killed him first if the heart virus thing didn't show up yeah Goku would've been the one to win.)

Remember that Frieza has 4 forms and I doubt anyone except Piccolo has survived at least 2, Nail couldn't survive Frieza's first form, not even King Vegeta and was killed on spot.