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Mike Wesemann

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Jan. 27 - I obviously took a lot of days off this basho, and by the time I chimed in at the end of Day 3, I stated that my feeling after watching Day 1 was that Hoshoryu was going to take the yusho. It just felt as if this was a basho where they needed a legitimate yusho, and after Terunofuji threw a few early bouts, the next logical choice was Hoshoryu. Hoshoryu purposefully lost on Day 5 to Atamifuji, which wasn't a surprise, because the two Japanese Ozeki, Kotozakura and Onosato, got out to such horrible starts that it made sense to see Hoshoryu cover for them, but then...

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