Neatorama » Asashoryu http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sumo Wrestler Accused of Being Too “Podgy” http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:39:15 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/12/sumo-wrestler-accused-of-being-too-podgy/ Every sport has its bad boy (I’m looking at you, Ron Artest), but sumo bad boy Asashoryu Akinori is special.

After a string of bad behaviors including a brawl in a communal bath, being drunk in public and so on, the sumo champ is being accused of … being "podgy"!

Sumo bad boy Asashoryu, no stranger to public criticism, has been labelled "podgy" in a bizarre attack on the volatile Mongolian.

A popular former wrestler now working as a TV commentator accused Asashoryu of being flabby, even though his 150-kilogram frame is relatively small for the sport.

"He looks podgy," Shuhei Mainoumi told Japanese media. "He doesn’t look as buff. When I got flabby I hated being naked and showing off my body — he looks a bit like that."

Um, maybe this is my naiveté but I thought being podgy is the whole point of sumo wrestling? Link

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