Mar 22, 2011

VIDEO OF THE DAY: A Wrestler With One Leg Wins the NCAA Championship



Anthony Robles is a wrestler at Arizona State University. He has ONE LEG. And, yeah, that means if he tried to kick your ass literally, he'd fall down. But if you made that joke to his face, he'd have NO problem kicking your ass metaphorically.

Anthony was born without his right leg. But that hasn't stopped him from becoming a superstar amateur wrestler. And over the weekend . . . he won the NCAA championship in his weight class.

He wrestles at 125 pounds . . . that's the lightest possible weight class in college wrestling, and he kinda has to be there since he doesn't have the weight of two legs.

He started wrestling at age 14, and taught himself how to perform moves, balance, get leverage, and maneuver himself against opponents all of whom had two legs. And he taught himself QUICKLY.

Anthony won a national championship as a wrestler at his high school in Mesa, Arizona. But because of his missing leg, the scholarship offers didn't exactly come pouring in. ASU finally offered him a partial scholarship.

He's had a great four-year run for them. This is his senior year and he went undefeated: 36 wins and zero losses.

After he won the national title