As is often the case when a sekiwake is promoted to ozeki, talk centers on him going just that little bit further in his career and making it all the way to yokozuna.
Given the current requirement for such a promotion — back-to-back yusho victories at the rank of ozeki — there are very few who make it that far. One stat used in the not too distant past supposed that of every 600 men who entered the sport, only one would eventually make it to the top of the pyramid.
In the immediate future, (read: until at least the end of 2010, and likely into 2011 and perhaps further) Baruto will not become that one in 600 statistic.
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