Mills Lane – Wikipedia
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| Birth Name | Mills Lane |
| Birthday | 12. November 1937 |
| Place of birth | Savannah, Georgia |
| Date of death | December 6, 2022 |
| Place of death | Reno, Nevada |
| nationality | US-american |
| Weight class | Welterweight |
| Style | Rectaccus |
| Fighting statistics as a professional boxer | |
| Battles | 11 |
| Siege | ten |
| K.-O.-Siege | 6 |
| Defeats | first |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Mills Lane (Born November 12, 1937 in Savannah, Georgia, † December 6, 2022 in Reno, Nevada) was an American lawyer, referee and a “Celebrity Deathmatch” figure.
Lane came from a well -known family from Georgia. His father had the first National Bank of Atlanta, which was based in Savannah, Georgia. However, Lane had other interests, so he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1956. During his time at the Marines, he became a boxer (legal interpreters) and was soon known in the east as a welterweight champ. After leaving the Marines, he wrote down at the University of Nevada (Unr) in Reno and became the NCAA box champion.
In his college time, he finally became a professional boxer. According to his own statements, he ended his professional career because he knew that he could never beat Emile Griffith.
Lane completed the Unr with one in 1963 business degree And wrote down at the University of Utah a few years later to visit the Faculty of Law. He completed her as a lawyer and later became a public prosecutor of the Washoe County District in Reno. In 1979 he became the deputy of the chief of police. In the same year he was for the first time in a world championship boxing fight: when Vito Antuofermo defended his middleweight world championship title in 15 rounds against Marvin Hagler. Lane subsequently took part in over 100 world championship fights as a referee.
In 1982 he shaped the saying Let’s get it on!! that later became his standard announcement. He used it for the first time during the instructions before Larry Holmes’ fight against Gerry Cooney in the World Cup in heavyweight.
Lane’s name became known in 1997 in the entire United States when he led the remaining between the boxing of boxing weight Evander Holyfield and his challenger Mike Tyson. After Tyson Holyfield bitten twice, Lane disqualified him. His shirt was stained with blood, and he sold it to a collector of souvenirs the same night for a high amount of money. In 1998 his show Judge Mills Lane Her debut on national television, where she held up until 2001. In addition, the producers of the MTV show turned Celebrity Deathmatch To him, with the request to integrate him and his voice into their show as a referee. Lane accepted the offer and thus also became a popularity on MTV.
Soon afterwards Lane retired as a referee and lived in New York with his wife and two sons in the Dakota Building. In 2002 he suffered a stroke, which partially lamed him paralyzed. That’s why he had difficulty speaking. His adopted home Reno, Nevada, celebrated him on December 27, 2004 and proclaimed this as a Mills-Lane Day. On this day, Lane had his first public appearance for years, when dedicated to a new court building that bears his name after completion. Mills Lane died on December 6, 2022. [first]
- ↑ boxingscene.com: “Mills Lane, Hall of Fame Referee, Passes Away at 85” from December 6, 2022, accessed on December 6, 2022
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