Leoben

Iron man!

It's his career record taken from wikipedia. I was commenting on how remarkable it is because he went from debut to Ozeki in 2 years without a tsukedashi start, has never had a makekoshi, his worst score ever is 10-5, and he has ascended in rank in every single tournament.

This is such an insane career scoreline. Generational talent stuff.

Aonishiki is outrageous. Ozeki will surely be a stepping stone. How many 21 year old rikishi have been better than him in recent memory?

To elaborate a bit, I think Aonishiki should have won because he had a belt grip, was pushing Onosato down by the back of the head, and he was still upright when moving backward. He was in control and executing a technique while Onosato was completely extended and already making contact with the dohyo. The foot being overturned just adds to that. However I understand they will give the Yokozuna the benefit of the doubt in a close situation like that.

from the opposite angle

That call should have been overturned.

I loved the Hoshoryu - Takayasu bout. You could see them both getting angrier and angrier as it went on.

He looks like the real deal. The most impressive part for me is that he not only beat Onosato and Aonishiki on consecutive days, but did so using two different strategies that perfectly countered each of them.

No one lossless left now, and bravo Yoshinofuji for getting his first kinboshi.

All of these are beautiful. I especially like the one with the mountain.

Re: Hoshoryu vs Onosato, I feel like the difference between them is that one of them has a 99.999 percentile physique while the other is average or slightly below average. Being significantly stronger than every other wrestler on the banzuke means Onosato can get away with things others can't, and it also means his gameplan, what he needs to do to win, is much simpler. Generally speaking, if he manages to keep his opponent in front of him and/or get a half-decent belt grip he will win because his strength will carry him. Hoshoryu is the opposite, his physique is a neutral factor or a net negative in a lot of matches, so he has less room for mistakes. He has to do more things right, and those things are harder to do for him. If these premises are true and we let the probabilities play out over months and years, one of our Yokozuna is going to be a lot more successful than the other because he's playing a higher percentage game all around.

This was my first thought too. I know who's getting called out for a grueling session in the next tour stop.

Regardless of the quality of the bouts, it's amazing that Sumo sold 27,000 tickets in London. Maybe this will finally force the Kyokai to take notice of the potential of the international market.

I am choosing to believe the matches aren't fixed. Especially Ura's.