With his first championship title already a done deal, ozeki Baruto maintained his momentum with a thrashing of rival ozeki Kotooshu at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday.
The Estonian man-mountain moved one win away from finishing the Tokyo meet with an undefeated 15-0 record after securing the title the previous day at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Lone yokozuna Hakuho, meanwhile, bounced back from his defeat to Kotooshu on Friday, tossing down ozeki Kotoshogiku after one hard hit at the tachiai to improve to an 11-3 mark.