Re: [sumo] kaio chances

["Nashinokawa" <nashinokawa@parbrook.free-online.co.uk>]

> > Basically the only Yokozuna who really wasn't fit for the title at any 
> > measure was Wakanohana III. Even Futahaguro had a Yokozuna-like peak 
> > strength rating >>despite his very short career.

Except of course for the measure of having won consecutive yusho, which is 
the de-facto standard.  I remember in the mid nineties during the konishiki 
non promoition and racism fall out commentators saying how difficult winning 
two consucutive yusho was and how only very few rikishi had achieved this. 
Most had been promoted on a three tournament record involving one yusho. 
The fact is that both Wakanohana and Musashimaru had pretty marginal three 
tournament records but both held on to win their 5th tournament AND 
consecutive yusho, even though in Waka case it was a pretty marginal record 
of 12-3 for one of them.  On the other hand Kaio basically could not hold it 
together to achieve the same.

Also Takanohana, did not get promoted even after his sixth yusho.  OK he was 
pretty well likely to get it eventually but the fact remains than six yusho 
and three in five tournaments did not get him the nod.

Cheers

Nashinokawa 

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