Kitao vs. Konishiki : Natsu 1986

8e jour du Natsu 1986. 2e combat entre Ozeki Kitao et Sekiwake Konishiki (Le 1er combat n'ayant pas donné de vainqueur). Victoire par Sabaori de Kitao. Konishiki se blesse lors de ce combat et doit abandonner le tournoi. L'Ozeki quant à lui termine le tournoi avec une fiche de 12 victoires pour 3 défaites. Il obtient le Jun-Yusho.

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• Sumo

[elsenordelanocheee]

Sorry , who wins ? i m not much espert in sumo , but i like it , can anyone answer mi question?

[SumoParis]

@elsenordelanocheee

Kitao (on the left at the start of the fight)

[zusarator]

I admire that he kept trying long after it was apparent that he'd never make it to Yokozuna. I think even a lot of the Japanese Sumo fans who didn't like him straight from the beginning because he is not Japanese learned to respect his tenacity. He was bullied in the heya from the time he got to Japan. Considering the amount of crap he had to put up with, one has to admire him for making it to Ozeki.

[TheGoldenSphinx]

He won 3 yushos, not 2. He would never had made a great yokozuna anyway. Just like Chitoytaikai, Konishiki was to one dimensional as a rikishi. The guy he is facing here though, Kitao (known as Futahaguro when he became yokozuna), was the worst yokozuna ever though. Not a single a yusho and problem child right from the start. The only reason that he was promoted was so an ozeki spot could be found for Hoshi (yokozuna Hokutoumi).

[youttaro]

dangerous technique

[expopmen]

did he broke his leg??? ouch

[briank06261973]

I once saw a photo spread over two pages in Sports Illustrated of Konishiki and some other sumo wrestler he was going up against. The dude took up the whole spread. I can only imagine what his opponent was thinking (probably thinking, "Oh crap, I gotta wrestle this guy?")

[DeathxLetter]

@basketballdiva81 That fat guy blew out his knee in this match. He withdrew from this tournament and missed the next one. He then returned (even though he should have had knee surgery for torn ligaments) and competed for 11 more years. He was the first foreign wrestler to reach the rank of Ozeki. It is called respect.

[basketballdiva81]

fat guy cant get up

[joeyandrews]

@mlbirdinground it did lol

[richyboy131]

kitao fucken rapes!!

[XJadynX]

@TheGoldenSphinx Actually he was, he could win grappling or in a slap fight. things changed for him when he knee went bad and that took away a lot of his mobility Which to me is what made him tend to follow one dimensional, he couldn;t do much else.