IX: Fighting Back with Amanda Leve

In this Episode

10 months ago, Amanda Leve shocked the wrestling world with a huge upset win over the seemingly indomitable Gabi Garcia. At 25 years old, Amanda is a professional MMA fighter and considered one of the top grapplers of her generation. This week, Selene Yeager talks to Amanda about her experience as a young woman in sport. While the majority of the women we’ve had on this series were alive in the years following the inception of Title IX, Amanda gives us her perspective on the ways Title IX has helped/hindered her wrestling career in the modern day.

Selene and Amanda discuss the inner workings and nuances of women’s wrestling and the sexist beliefs held by many institutions. From fighting against the boys, to being told women’s wrestling is too “intimate” to be allowed, Amanda has seen it all. And of course, Selene asks Amanda all about that win against Gabi Garcia.

Watch Leve’s iconic fight against Gabi Garcia here

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