Re: [sumo] Kokkai - maybe the next Yokozuna?

[Lawrence Rogers <rogers@hawaii.edu>]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Jay Schaffer wrote:

> I would expect to see him do something similar as he enters Makuuchi.
> He will be going up against more skillful competitors.  It wouldn't
> surprise me to see another 8-7 or 9-6 in the next tournament.  The
> question will be whether he can keep getting better as he moves up.  If
> he can, he'll eventually make yokozuna barring any serious injuries.

Toward the end of the last basho one of the commentators, the man who used
to run the Kokonoe stable, said he would not be surprised if Kokkai made
it to Ozeki within a year.  He's fast, he's powerful, and he's young.  He
could go all the way, barring injuries.

Larry Rogers
Hilo
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