Fujiryoga Throws Ozeki Aonishiki, Now Has Wins Over a Yokozuna and Two Ozeki
A day after his first kinboshi, West Maegashira 1 Fujiryoga, 23 (Fujishima), beat ozeki Aonishiki, 22 (Ajigawa), in their first meeting on Day 4 with an uwatenage and is 3-1; Aonishiki is 2-2. He thrust Aonishiki upright, got his left arm inside and a right outer grip, survived Aonishiki's counter-throw at the edge and threw him off the dohyo. With wins over Kotozakura (Day 1), Hoshoryu and Aonishiki, he has beaten a yokozuna and two ozeki. 'I just went forward with everything. Whether I got the mawashi or not, I kept attacking without stopping,' he said. The left arm 'went in with the flow,' and the throw was 'all or nothing.' 'I'm only happy today. I want to fight without letting my guard down or getting a big head.' His stablemaster, he added, did not praise the kinboshi: 'He only talks about the next one.'
JSA chairman Hakkaku: 'His tachi-ai was good. He didn't grab the mawashi right away; he pushed in and then took it. Isn't that the best possible content?' Once Aonishiki gets into his own stance he is strong, Hakkaku said, so 'today's bout is the model' for beating him.
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