RIP Mills Lane

[Carl Spackler 3479]

Gonna get it on in the afterlife now.  

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mills-lane-an-international-boxing-hall-of-fame-referee-dies-at-85-185044746.html

 

 

 

[G650 14229]

[PittsburghTiger 6174]

He was a good one.

[smuggs 9350]

Dude was a boss. The HBO team with Lampley, Larry Merchant, Foreman and/or Emanuel Steward, Harold Lederman on the cards, Buffer on the mic and Mills Lane in the ring is one of the most hilarious broadcasting crews of all time. It was like watching a group of Looney Tunes characters assemble to call a fight. 

 

Pretty good pic of him and Tyson from awhile back. RIP:

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I haven’t watched boxing in decades, but know the legend. RIP.

[RPM 26315]

Watched him many times back in the day. He called a great fight. Casting him in Celebrity Deathmatch was genius. A 2 time Hall of Fame member.  International Boxing Hall of Fame and Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame.

[CooterBrown 18002]

I saw the title and thought the guy that does school pictures died. Dodged a bullet there.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

On 12/6/2022 at 6:46 PM, Carl Spackler said:

Gonna get it on in the afterlife now.  

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/mills-lane-an-international-boxing-hall-of-fame-referee-dies-at-85-185044746.html

 

 

 

Lane was THE referee during the days I was watching more boxing. As a side note, the article mentions many of his fights, several at the old Las Vegas Hilton. A bunch of big fights were held there, including a string of Tyson’s. My daughter was in a big soccer tournament in LV in 2015, and her team was “assigned” to stay at the Westgate, which is the new name. I didn’t even realize we were at the old LVH until I watched one of Tyson’s fights on YouTube and they had an aerial shot in the intro.

The old Hilton has seen better days, but the people watching got really interesting when the rough Valentines Day crowd arrived from California a couple of days after us. /csb

Edited January 27, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor

[Napoleon 8659]

Let’s get it on one more time.

[Massive Horn 41]

Lane and Mitch Halpern were the cream of the crop back then. Really hasn't been good one since. RIP to both guys.