Jeremy Bates (born January 12 1974, in
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) is an
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heavyweightHeavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...
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. Nicknamed "The Beast", Bates was a moderately successful fighter who fought several other journeyman fighters of his era. Bates has become something of a "comeback" opponent for veteran fighters such as Holyfield, Golota, and Meehan.
Early career
Bates turned professional in 1999 and fought mainly journeyman fighters, losing to prospect
Andre PurletteAndre Purlette is a Guyanese boxer and was a highly touted prospect in the heavyweight division.Known as "Tombstone", Purlette turned pro in 1992 and won his first 32 bouts, including a victory over Jimmy Thunder. His career was sidetracked in 2001 when he faced Eliecer Castillo and was KO'd in...
in 2001. Bates later lost to
Sedreck FieldsSedreck Sylvester Fields, born September 11, 1972, in Augusta, GA, is a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "Big Buck", Fields is a journeyman fighter who fought several significant fighters of his era.Fields turned pro in 1997 and won 22 fights while losing 37...
, Kirk Johnson,
Leo NolanLeo Nolan is a United States heavyweight boxer.As of 2006 Nolan has a record of 24 wins, one loss. Past opponents include Lou Savarese, Jeremy Bates, and Andy Sample, and he has won the IBU intercontinental Heavyweight title and the IBA Americas Heavyweight Title...
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Brian MintoBrian Matthew Minto is a professional heavyweight boxer.-Pro:Minto turned pro in 2002 and won his first 18 bouts, gaining the West Virginia heavyweight boxing title....
, and
Ray AustinRay Austin is a professional boxer.-Professional career:Nicknamed "The Rainman", Ray Austin is a heavyweight boxer. Austin has drawn with other notable heavyweights Lance Whitaker, Larry Donald, and Sultan Ibragimov...
before his first retirement.
The Holyfield fight
Bates was persuaded to postpone his retirement when he was given an opportunity to fight four time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. On August 18, 2006 in a 10 round bout at American Airlines Center in
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, the 44 year old Holyfield dominated the fight which was stopped in the second round after Holyfield landed about 20 consecutive punches on Bates. The events prior too, and the fight itself are documented in Evander Holyfields new book "Becoming Holyfield".
Retirement from boxing
Bates retired with a record of 21 wins, 13 losses and 1 draw, with 18 wins by knockout. Post boxing, Bates began a successful career as a full-time insurance sales professional. Bates is currently employed at the United States Enrichment Corporation. (USEC) is a Uranium gaseous diffusion plant in Portsmouth OH.
Coming out of retirement
Bates would come out of retirement to face Guillermo Jones, Andrew Golota, Odlanier Solis, Kevin Rainey, and most recently Kali Meehan. All of those fights, with the exception of Bates' bout with Kevin Rainey, would be losses. Currently, Bates' record stands at 22 wins, 16 losses and 1 draw, with 18 wins by knockout.
Professional boxing record
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22 Wins (18 knockouts, 4 decisions),
16 Losses (11 knockouts, 4 decisions, 1 disqualification),
1 Draw
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|Loss || 22-16-1 || align=left|FIJ
Kali MeehanKalivati Gerald Meehan is an Australian boxer, turned pro after a career in league.-Amateur career:Meehan before becoming professional, fought in amateur bouts and had a Record of 23-5.-Professional career:...
|TKO || 3 , 1:16 || February 16, 2008 || align=left|GER
NurembergNuremberg is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city. It is located about 170 kilometres north of Munich, at 49.27° N 11.5° E. The population is...
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GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
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|Win || 22-15-1 || align=left|USA Kevin Rainey
|Unanimous decision || 4 || January 18, 2008 || align=left|USA
SomersetSomerset is a city in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. The city population was 11,352 at the 2000 census. The population of the Somerset Micropolitan Statistical Area was 56,217 at the 2000 census.The 2009 estimated population is 12,320 for the city of Somerset...
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KYThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
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|Loss || 21-15-1 || align=left|CUB
Odlanier SolísOdlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career as an amateur:...
|TKO || 2 , 0:18 || October 19, 2007 || align=left|GER
BerlinBerlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union...
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|Loss || 21-14-1 || align=left|POL Andrzej Gołota
|TKO || 2 , 2:59 || June 9, 2007 || align=left|POL
KatowiceKatowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km on north from the Silesian Beskids and about 100 km on south-east from Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Metropolitan...
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PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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|Loss || 21-13-1 || align=left|PAN
Guillermo JonesGuillermo Jones is a Panamanian boxer best known for losing three world title fights in controversial decisions.-Career:"El Felino" started to box in the paid ranks 1993 as a welterweight and later at junior middleweight....
|TKO || 1 , 1:44 || January 6, 2007 || align=left|USA
HollywoodHollywood is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of July 1 2008, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 141,740. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now the twelfth largest city in Florida...
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FLFlorida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...
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|Loss || 21-12-1 || align=left|USA
Evander HolyfieldEvander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal". Holyfield won the bronze medal in the Light Heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics after a...
|TKO || 2 , 2:56 || August 18, 2006 || align=left|USA
DallasDallas , with a population of 1,279,910, is the third-largest city in Texas and the 8th-largest in the United States. The city is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area that according to the March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of...
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TXTexas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...
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|Loss || 21-11-1 || align=left|USA
Ray AustinRay Austin is a professional boxer.-Professional career:Nicknamed "The Rainman", Ray Austin is a heavyweight boxer. Austin has drawn with other notable heavyweights Lance Whitaker, Larry Donald, and Sultan Ibragimov...
|TKO || 2 , 1:17 || April 1, 2006 || align=left|USA
ClevelandCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border...
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OHOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
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|Loss || 21-10-1 || align=left|USA Zack Page
|Unanimous decision || 8 || December 9, 2005 || align=left|USA
WheelingWheeling is the city and the seat of Ohio County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Most of the city lies in Ohio County, though annexations have also included portions of Marshall County. Wheeling is considered part of the Pittsburgh Tri-State area and is the principal city of the Wheeling...
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WVWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast...
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|Win || 21-9-1 || align=left|USA Jason Waller
|Unanimous decision || 8 || October 14, 2005 || align=left|USA Wheeling, WV ||
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|Win || 20-9-1 || align=left|USA
Travis FultonTravis "The Ironman" Fulton is an American mixed martial arts fighter and boxer. He is a prolific fighter, having notched up over 200 vale tudo and mixed martial arts fights since 1996 and over 30 boxing matches since 1999...
|TKO || 1 || August 12, 2005 || align=left|USA Wheeling, WV ||
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|Loss || 19-9-1 || align=left|USA Jason Waller
|Unanimous decision || 6 || May 24, 2005 || align=left|USA
WoodlawnWoodlawn is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Maryland:*Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland*Woodlawn, Prince George's County, Maryland...
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MDMaryland is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the U.S...
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|Win || 19-8-1 || align=left|USA Carlton Johnson
|Unanimous decision || 8 || April 22, 2005 || align=left|USA Wheeling, WV ||
|-align=center
|Win || 18-8-1 || align=left|USA Kevin Tallon
|Unanimous decision || 4 || June 25, 2004 || align=left|USA Wheeling, WV ||
|-align=center
|Loss || 17-8-1 || align=left|USA
Brian MintoBrian Matthew Minto is a professional heavyweight boxer.-Pro:Minto turned pro in 2002 and won his first 18 bouts, gaining the West Virginia heavyweight boxing title....
|TKO || 8 , 2:56 || April 23, 2004 || align=left|USA Wheeling, WV
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|Win || 17-7-1 || align=left|USA Jeff Lally
|KO || 2 || January 18, 2004 || align=left|USA West Virginia ||
|-align=center
|Loss || 16-7-1 || align=left|USA
Leo NolanLeo Nolan is a United States heavyweight boxer.As of 2006 Nolan has a record of 24 wins, one loss. Past opponents include Lou Savarese, Jeremy Bates, and Andy Sample, and he has won the IBU intercontinental Heavyweight title and the IBA Americas Heavyweight Title...
|TKO || 4 || June 13, 2003 || align=left|USA
DetroitDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
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MIMichigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
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|Win || 16-6-1 || align=left|USA Rodney Phillips
|TKO || 1 || March 29, 2003 || align=left|USA
ParkersburgParkersburg, located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers, is the third largest city in the State of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Wood County and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Bureau of the Public Debt, an agency...
, WV ||
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|Loss || 15-6-1 || align=left|CAN Kirk Johnson
|KO || 2 , 2:59 || December 7, 2002 || align=left|USA
Las VegasLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment. Las Vegas, which bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, is famous for the number of...
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NVNevada is a state located in the western region of the United States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there...
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|Win || 15-5-1 || align=left|USA Mark Johnson
|TKO || 4 , 0:00 || July 12, 2002 || align=left|USA
LexingtonLexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 65th largest in the United States. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
, KY
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|Loss || 14-5-1 || align=left|USA Willie Phillips
|TKO || 6 , 1:41 || June 11, 2002 || align=left|USA
ChesterChester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,592 at the 2000 census. Chester was established in 1896, but not incorporated until 1907. The city is...
, WV ||
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|Win || 14-4-1 || align=left|USA Scott Hosaflook
|TKO || 1 || June 1, 2002 || align=left|USA
MorgantownMorgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, on the banks of the Monongahela River. Part of the Pittsburgh Tri-State region, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and is the principal city of the Morgantown, West Virginia...
, WV ||
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|Loss || 13-4-1 || align=left|USA David McNemar
|Majority decision || 12 || April 20, 2002 || align=left|USA Parkersburg, WV
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|Loss || 13-3-1 || align=left|USA
Sedreck FieldsSedreck Sylvester Fields, born September 11, 1972, in Augusta, GA, is a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed "Big Buck", Fields is a journeyman fighter who fought several significant fighters of his era.Fields turned pro in 1997 and won 22 fights while losing 37...
|Disqualification || 4 , 1:11 || January 30, 2002 || align=left|USA
Miami BeachMiami Beach is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city was incorporated on 26 March, 1915. It is located on a barrier island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; the Bay separates Miami Beach from the city of Miami, Florida. The city is often referred to under the...
, FL
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|Loss || 13-2-1 || align=left|GUY
Andre PurletteAndre Purlette is a Guyanese boxer and was a highly touted prospect in the heavyweight division.Known as "Tombstone", Purlette turned pro in 1992 and won his first 32 bouts, including a victory over Jimmy Thunder. His career was sidetracked in 2001 when he faced Eliecer Castillo and was KO'd in...
|TKO || 2 , 1:29 || October 5, 2001 || align=left|USA Miami Beach, FL
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|Win || 13-1-1 || align=left|USA Jimmy Haynes
|KO || 1 , 2:00 || September 28, 2001 || align=left|USA Lexington, KY ||
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|Win || 12-1-1 || align=left|USA Gerald Moore
|KO || 1 || August 25, 2001 || align=left|USA
BeckleyBeckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House...
, WV ||
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|Win || 11-1-1 || align=left|USA Carlton Johnson
|KO || 1 || August 14, 2001 || align=left|USA Chester, WV ||
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|Win || 10-1-1 || align=left|USA Jorel Mann
|TKO || 1 || July 28, 2001 || align=left|USA
HuntingtonHuntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was estimated...
, WV ||
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|Win || 9-1-1 || align=left|USA Mike Sheppard
|TKO || 1 || June 9, 2001 || align=left|USA Parkersburg, WV ||
|-align=center
|Win || 8-1-1 || align=left|USA Antonio Colbert
|TKO || 1 , 2:10 || April 19, 2001 || align=left|USA Lexington, KY ||
|-align=center
|Win || 7-1-1 || align=left|USA David Johnson
|KO || 1 , 1:50 || March 30, 2001 || align=left|USA Lexington, KY ||
|-align=center
|style="background: #dae2f1"|Draw || 6-1-1 || align=left|USA Chad Van Sickle
|Draw || 4 || March 1, 2001 || align=left|USA Lexington, KY ||
|-align=center
|Win || 6-1 || align=left|USA Elmer Coles
|TKO || 1 || January 20, 2001 || align=left|USA Huntington, WV ||
|-align=center
|Win || 5-1 || align=left|USA George Randolph
|TKO || 1 || December 9, 2000 || align=left|USA Huntington, WV ||
|-align=center
|Win || 4-1 || align=left|USA Thomas Dixon
|TKO || 3 || September 16, 2000 || align=left|USA Huntington, WV ||
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|Win || 3-1 || align=left|USA Mario Hereford
|KO || 2 || August 26, 2000 || align=left|USA
GallatinGallatin is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, along a navigable tributary of the Cumberland River. The population was 23,230 at the 2000 census. Named for U.S...
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TNTennessee is a state located in the Southeastern United States. According to the 2008 census, it has a population of 6,214,888, an increase of nearly 9.5% since 2000. Tennessee is the 14th fastest growing state in the US and is ranked 17th by population. It is ranked 36th by total land area. In...
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|Win || 2-1 || align=left|USA Kanovas Alexander
|TKO || 1 || June 8, 2000 || align=left|USA
BarboursvilleBarboursville is a village in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States. It is located near the second largest city in the state, Huntington. The population was 3,183 at the 2000 census....
, WV ||
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|Loss || 1-1 || align=left|USA Tim Knight
|Unanimous decision || 4 || March 22, 2000 || align=left|USA
LouisvilleLouisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...
, KY ||
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|Win || 1-0 || align=left|USA
Reggie StricklandReggie Strickland alias Reggie Buse or Reggie Raglin is an American boxer, who is best known for having the most fights of any active fighter during his career and more known losses than any boxer in history .-Professional career:Strickland began his professional career in 1987 and has never had...
|TKO || 1 || November 10, 1999 || align=left|USA Chester, WV ||
Professional wrestling
Bates made his
professional wrestlingProfessional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is an athletic performing art where matches are prearranged by the promotion's booking staff. It is a non-competitive sport which contains strong elements of theatre, mock combat, and catch wrestling. Wrestling's origins date to 19th-century carnival...
debut on November 15, 2008 in
Ashland, KentuckyAshland is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649....
at Ohio Championship Wrestling's
November Reign, where he defeated Vinnie Viagra. He defeated "The Driller" Eddie Browning on December 13 at OCW's
Season's Beatings.
Bates got his third victory at OCW on January 10, 2009 at the
New Year's Bash by defeating NWA All-Star Wrestling Heavyweight Champion "Pretty Boy" Stan Lee. Bates made his wrestling debut at an arena where he is undefeated in the boxing ranks, the
Veterans Memorial FieldhouseThe Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse is a 8,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Huntington, West Virginia. It was built in 1950. Prior to the completion of the Huntington Civic Center in 1976 it was the only large arena in the city. In addition, the building was the home of the Marshall University...
in
Huntington, West VirginiaHuntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was estimated...
, at 304 Wrestling's
Battlefront. He defeated Vinnie Viagra in that outing.
Bates is now in training to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His progress is being documented in a youtube series called "Being the Beast". The videos are available for viewing at www.youtube.com/user/beast0107.
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