Neil Leifer’s iconic image of Muhammad Ali towering over a defeated Sonny Liston in 1965 is widely considered to be among the greatest sporting photographs of all time.
Shots of yokozuna Hakuho roaring triumphantly over a prone Terunofuji last Sunday evoked immediate comparisons to that seminal photo, and captured a moment arguably just as significant in Japan’s national sport.
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