Ozeki Hakuho toppled Dejima to rebound from a first-day loss while yokuzuna Asashoryu stayed perfect with a demolition of Tamanoshima on the second day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday.
Ozeki HakuhoO, left, grapples with maegashira No. 3 Dejima on the second day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Monday.
KYODO PHOTOHakuho, who is gunning for yokozuna promotion with a strong showing of 13 or more wins this time out, shrugged off his defeat to Kisenosato from the first day by tossing aside former ozeki Dejima like a rag doll while backpedaling after the face-off at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. Dejima slipped to his second defeat.
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