Famed boxing referee Mills Lane is being remembered as one who “gave and commanded respect” in and outside the ring.
Lane died Tuesday at his home in Reno, Nevada, surrounded by his wife Kay and sons Terry and Tommy after spending a week in hospice, according to the Reno Gazette Journal. Lane was left partially paralyzed and with limited speaking ability after a stroke in 2002.
“Mills Lane was as good a man as I’ve [known] in boxing … or anywhere else for that matter,” boxing promoter Lou DiBella tweeted. “A bright, passionate, ethical, and principled person, he always gave and commanded respect. His stroke was a true tragedy that left this legend a prisoner in his own body. He is free now.”
“Mills Lane was a great guy, a super referee, and good friend,” Gray tweeted. “On the night of the 'Bite Fight' Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting [Evander Holyfield’s] ears, Mills was the man in the middle, and did an outstanding job. May God rest his soul. We will all miss him.”
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