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Hakuho, Baruto, Miyabiyama, Kisenosato Promotion Watch

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yamaneko Ozeki

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Baruto is the latest promotion guy to get disqualified.

Wow, what a shame. Perhaps the only "hopeful" is a guy who i didnt even have on my original watch list.

Doitsuyama Yokozuna

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Why are so many people so eager to see Hakuho eke out a yokozuna promotion by hook or by crook? Is consecutive yusho too much to ask for to see if he deserves the same rank as Asashoryu?

You are way too fixated on seeing yokozuna as Asashoryu's rank which is there to protect.

It isn't.

Asashoryu is one of 68 yokozuna, and right now quite likely among the top 5 ever. With good odds to get even better on that list. This doesn't mean the 63 yokozuna below him doesn't deserve their rank, and it doesn't have that meaning for the future ones too.

Get real.

yamaneko Ozeki

yamaneko

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Here we go tomorrow

Roho vs. Chiyotaikai the rematch.

Any predictions? Both guys are on top of their game right now for the most part.

Kisenosato vs. kokkai, another good one.

aderechelsea Yokozuna

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if the Sekiwakes go MK someone has to take their place ....

a simple KK should be enough for Kise then. If he is not behind Kokkai by then ...

EDIT: Hakuho is starting from scratch officialy ....

totally annihilated by Azuma today.

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aderechelsea Yokozuna

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I was banking on miyabiyama and kotomitsuki getting kk. In that case, no matter what, no sekiwake for kise, right?

exactly .. he would need 11 wins to get an extra spot and that isn't possible anymore.

Asojima Yokozuna

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I was banking on miyabiyama and kotomitsuki getting kk. In that case, no matter what, no sekiwake for kise, right?

exactly .. he would need 11 wins to get an extra spot and that isn't possible anymore.

Not sure that I would want to be insuring the deposits in that bank! (Laughing...)

Peterao Sekiwake

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Why are so many people so eager to see Hakuho eke out a yokozuna promotion by hook or by crook? Is consecutive yusho too much to ask for to see if he deserves the same rank as Asashoryu?

You are way too fixated on seeing yokozuna as Asashoryu's rank which is there to protect.

It isn't.

Asashoryu is one of 68 yokozuna, and right now quite likely among the top 5 ever. With good odds to get even better on that list. This doesn't mean the 63 yokozuna below him doesn't deserve their rank, and it doesn't have that meaning for the future ones too.

Get real.

As always, it is good to hear from you Doitsuyama. But your response did not address the question I put forth.

Nonetheless, Tochiazuma rendered the promotion question moot today. So, IMHO, the sanctity of the yokozuna rank is preserved until at least 2007...

Doitsuyama Yokozuna

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So, IMHO, the sanctity of the yokozuna rank is preserved until at least 2007...

Well, the "sanctity of the yokozuna rank" appears not to be a long tradition, as the two yusho "tradition" is rather new. Check it out yourself. It indeed is quite questionable if this tradition exists at all since there have been only three really strong yokozuna runs without two consecutive yusho since the Futahaguro incident in 1987.

Asahifuji was denied because it was too close to that incident, and I say Takanohana and Hakuho were so young that arguably only a foolproof yokozuna promotion was wished by the powers, to prevent a meltdown and another discussion about promotion standards. Ironically Asahifuji later got promoted with two consecutive yusho despite never again having been that strong as in the first yokozuna run.

Asashosakari Dai-yokozuna

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As Asashoryu is rewriting the recording books, he is also rewriting yokozuna tradition. (Yusho winner...)

Well played, one almost gets the idea you're actually serious about the stuff you post.

Xris Makushita

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As Asashoryu is rewriting the recording books, he is also rewriting yokozuna tradition. (Yusho winner...)

Yokozuna tradition was not rewritten by Futabayama, Taiho, Chiyonofuji. They are part of yokozuna history, but all yokozunas are not evaluated on the basis of these three !

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Guest Orr

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As Asashoryu is rewriting the recording books, he is also rewriting yokozuna tradition. (Applauding...)

So every next yokozuna must be better than previous one?

Its like world records in 100m sprint. There must be the limit somewhere :)

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