"mr.sumo snr." <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bt1cb3$1raq0$1@ID-141600.news.uni-berlin.de...
> This of course sets up a great tv-special profiling Akebono's attempts to
> recover from this humiliation. He gets back into serious training -
> including shedding at least 30-40 kgs - and all the time the camera will
cut
> away to showed pained expressions on his wife's face etc.

It was probably good for both their careers. Now Sapp gets a new image as a
real fighter instead of just a yajuu, and he'll probably get a few more big
purses. Meanwhile, everybody will want to see Akebono at least one more
time, to see if he actually learns how to throw a punch. So a few more oku
lined up for both, not to mention the commercial deals etc.

In fact, the results were so perfect that -- dare I say it -- I even
suspected a bit of the "Y" word. D'ya think? Nah, of course not. Not on
Japanese tv.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom