[sumo] oshi-dashi'd message

["Christopher J. Basten" <cbasten@statgen.ncsu.edu>]

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From: "ephraimm" <ephraimm@inter.net.il>
Subject: Re: [sumo] Akebono...surreal..
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:22:14 +0200

IMHO Akebono will be out of his element in K-1, and he can not win. He will
lose because of low-kicks which he does not know how to block, and his legs
will not hold. Also, because the fight is much longer than in Sumo, and
takes much more stamina. Look at what had happened to Koji Kitao - Yokozuna
Futahaguro. It is a shame for such great Yokozuna who ended his career in
greatness after winning the yusho, finishing in his prime, wanting to be
remembered as a winner, not as other Yokozuna ending the career when losing
(Chiyonofuji, Takanohana, to name a few) .

Please, do not do it to us, Yokozuna Akebono.

Ephraim

----- Original Message -----
From: "moti" <sumo@dichne.com>
To: "'Sumo mail list'" <sumo@sun01pt2-1523.statgen.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: [sumo] Akebono...surreal..


> Akebono has started training for his December 31st K-1 match against Bob
> Sapp. He put on boxing gloves and sparred. He looked overwhelmingly
> powerful. After his press conference two days ago, he returned home late
> at night to leave very early the next morning(6 AM). He "jumped" into
> his new world with vigor, into a very strenuous new schedule. His wife,
> Christine: "He's still young. He is a master fighter. I can't stop him
> from realizing his dream. I don't know much about his training, but his
> family will support him".
> TBS radio station which is sponsoring the match took a poll of its
> listeners- 739 voted for Akebono winning, and 1513 voted for Sapp. If he
> wants to adapt to this new world of kicking and boxing, Akebono will
> have to go through a severe training regimen of stuff hitherto unknown
> to him.
> --
> Kintamayama Mochiron
>
> Download my Sumo  glossary for "Babylon" at:
>
http://info.babylon.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?layout=results.html&cat=259&sort=
s&nc=2&n=10
>
> [EndPost by moti <sumo@dichne.com>]

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