MiG-23 versus western fighters Do you agree with Yefim Gordon?

In his recent book MiG-23 Flogger “Soviet swing wing fighter/strike aircraft” Yefim Gordon makes and interesting comparassion of several western fighters.

In it he compares the IAI Kfir, F-4E, F-15A and F-16A with the export MiG-23MLD based on a Soviet manual, he states that the F-15 was overwhelmingly superior to the MiG-23MLD, the F-16A only slightly superior, the F-4E was slightly inferior to the MiG-23MLD and the IAI Kfir definitively inferior to the MiG-23MLD.

he says that the best Radar of all those fighters was the F-15`s AN/APG-63, much later followed by the MiG-23MLD`s Sapheer-23ML these later followed by the F-16`s AN/APG-66.

In agility and performance he states, the MiG-23 was more agile due to 8.5 G max warload enjoyed by the MiG-23 versus the lower 7.3Gs max warload of the F-4E.

The MiG-23 enjoyed some turn superiority over the F-16A above the 5000 meters, it enjoyed superiority in acceleration versus the F-15A and F-4E.

The IAI Kfir was inferior according to this document at all speed below 4000 meters..

With respect the AA-7 Apex it claims it has shorter launch range giving the MiG-23 some degree of advantage in within visual range combat.

In conclusion in his book he gives a clearer and wider understanding of the true capabilities of the MiG-23