For Roman Bravo-Young, the sport of wrestling is truly in his blood.
Roman’s father Romego Young was a talented wrestler in Apple Valley, Minnesota, home of Penn State’s Mark Hall. Young left Minnesota for Tucson, Arizona, to train with Roman’s grandfather, Mike Bravo, who in the words of Bravo-Young’s high school coach Anthony Leon was one of the best wrestling coaches ever in Arizona.
Leon has known Bravo-Young for all of his life but didn’t start coaching him until Bravo-Young was in middle school. Leon felt it was perfect timing.
“I came into his life in a critical time where he probably needed a male figure,” Leon said.