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Lane was born November 12, 1937 to a prominent Georgia family. After graduating high school in 1956, he joined the Marine Corps. Lane became a boxer while enrolled in the service.
After leaving the Marine Corps in 1959, Mills wanted to enroll at the University of Nevada, Reno because he heard about their boxing program. In 1960, he won the NCAA Welterweight title and barely missed making the Olympic team. Lane turned professional while still in college with a record of 10-1.
Lane graduated from UNR in 1963 with a degree in business administration which is when he began his career in judging as a boxing referee. He graduated from the University of Utah's College of Law in 1970 and went on to pass the Nevada bar.
He began working at the Washoe County District Attorney's office as a prosecutor in 1971 and spent nearly two decades there. He was elected Washoe County District Attorney in 1982 and became a judge at Washoe County's Second Judicial om 1990. In 1998, he stepped down from the bench to begin a courtroom series, Judge Mills Lane, which ran for three years.
Lane refereed boxing matches in the 70s, 80s, and 90s and became a household name for his pre-fight phrase, "Let's get it on." He was the referee for more than 100 world championship fights.
He famously refereed the "bite fight" when heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson in Las Vegas when Tyson bit Holyfield's ears in the early rounds and Lane disqualified him.
Lane had a debilitating stroke in 2002 which changed his life forever by making him non-verbal.
The city of Reno proclaimed December 27, 2004 as Mills Lane Day. In May of 2006, a new justice administration building in downtown Reno was named after him - to this day, the Mills B. Lane Courthouse is home to Reno Municipal Court and the Washoe County District Attorney's Office.
Lane has been inducted into the University of Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame, the World Boxing Hall of Fame, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Reno icon, boxing legend Mills B. Lane dies at the age of 85
Reno icon and legendary boxing referee Mills B. Lane has died at the age of 85.Lane was born November 12, 1937 to a prominent Georgia family. After graduating h
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