{"id":1765879,"date":"2022-12-07T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765879"},"modified":"2022-12-07T09:18:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:18:37","slug":"legendary-boxing-referee-mills-lane-dead-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-boxing-referee-mills-lane-dead-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Boxing Referee Mills Lane Dead at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flegendary-boxing-referee-mills-lane-dead-at-85%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1765879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mills Lane, the legendary boxing referee famous for using the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s get it on,\u201d has died at 85 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Lane\u2019s son, Tommy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rgj.com\/story\/news\/2022\/12\/06\/beloved-reno-icon-mills-lane-dies-at-age-85\/69705520007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told the Reno Gazette Journal<\/a> that his father, who suffered a stroke 20 years ago, had been in hospice for the last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took a significant decline in his overall situation,\u201d Tommy Lane told the outlet. \u201cIt was a quick departure. He was comfortable and he was surrounded by his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1398961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1398961.jpg\" alt=\"Famous boxing ref Mills Lane is dead at 85.\" class=\"wp-image-24913367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1398961.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1398961.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Famous boxing ref Mills Lane is dead at 85.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lane\u2019s wife, Kay, and sons Tommy and Terry were at his side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never knew how long he had. We kind of felt like we were preparing for this all along., but there\u2019s no such thing as preparing for this,\u201d Tommy Lane said.<\/p>\n<p>Lane was a prosecutor and later a judge in Nevada, and was a boxing ref from the 1970s through the \u201990s. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-119882006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-119882006.jpg\" alt=\"Mills Lane officiated the fight in which Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield&#039;s ear.\" class=\"wp-image-24913368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-119882006.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-119882006.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mills Lane officiated the fight in which Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield\u2019s ear.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/mills-lane-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/mills-lane-005.jpg\" alt=\"Mills Lane officiates Tyson-Holyfield II in 1997.\" class=\"wp-image-24913428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/mills-lane-005.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/mills-lane-005.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/mills-lane-005.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Mills Lane officiates Tyson-Holyfield II in 1997.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He was the official in the infamous second fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in 1997, in which Tyson bit Holyfield\u2019s ear off, and quickly became a household name.<\/p>\n<p>Lane was iconified in MTV\u2019s \u201cCelebrity Death Match,\u201d a satirical show in claymation, where he, of course, served as the referee. <\/p>\n<p>He stepped down as a judge to become the face of \u201cJudge Mills Lane,\u201d a syndicated reality TV series in which Lane served as an arbitrator. The program ran for three seasons, from 1998-2001. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\">[embedded content]<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As a student at University of Nevada, Lane was an NCAA welterweight champion and nearly made the Olympics. <\/p>\n<p>The family might hold a memorial service in the future but there will be no funeral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe hated funerals,\u201d Lane\u2019s son Tommy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mills Lane, the legendary boxing referee famous for using the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s get it on,\u201d has died at 85 years old. 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