>>229878
But it was his own damn fault. He refused to get the surgery to repair his pectoral(?) because he wanted to heal on the dohyou, and it's a time-sensitive surgery. After however many months, it will heal wrong and you can never get the strength you had before back. That was the whole controversy in the English-language fandom, at least - that he was throwing away his new yokozuna career to cultivate this bravado image.

>>229879
It isn't true, though. Even if you are using that stupid definition, Futahaguro's debut basho was worse.