Japan Sumo Association chairman Hakkaku made sekiwake Takayasu's promotion to sumo's second highest rank a certainty on Sunday.Hakkaku said he will convene an extraordinary meeting of the JSA board of directors to consider Takayasu's promotion to ozeki. To date, the board has never rejected a proposed promotion. The move was made at the request of sumo elder Nishonoseki, the JSA's judging director and the man in charge of wrestlers' promotions."Most of all, I feel like this is finally over," Takayasu said. "Frankly speaking, I want to really enjoy this. For 15 days I put it all out there, a…READ FULL ARTICLE
