Mills Lane, the flinty boxer turned referee who became a judge in Washoe County, Nv before segueing to his own courtroom TV show, has died. His son Tommy Lane confirmed the news to the Reno Gazette Journal. The boxing hall of famer was 85.
A familiar face to boxing fans not just for his presence but also for his pre-fight catchphrase “Let’s get it on!”, Lane reached the peak of his popularity after being the third man in the ring for the 1997 heavyweight title fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in which Tyson bit part of Holyfield’s ear off. The diminutive Lane — who himself fought at 147 pounds — was the one who pried the two apart and, his own shirt stained with Holyfield’s blood, later disqualified Tyson.
Mills Lane tries to separate Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield after Tyson bit Holyfield’s ear in the third round of...
A familiar face to boxing fans not just for his presence but also for his pre-fight catchphrase “Let’s get it on!”, Lane reached the peak of his popularity after being the third man in the ring for the 1997 heavyweight title fight between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in which Tyson bit part of Holyfield’s ear off. The diminutive Lane — who himself fought at 147 pounds — was the one who pried the two apart and, his own shirt stained with Holyfield’s blood, later disqualified Tyson.
Mills Lane tries to separate Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield after Tyson bit Holyfield’s ear in the third round of...
- 12/6/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Riddick Bowe says with three months of training, he'd whoop the hell out of Deontay Wilder ... and the dude is dead serious. "I'd tap that ass," Riddick tells TMZ Sports. Bowe is 50 years old now and Deontay's a 33-year-old coming off the fight of his life ... but the boxing legend says none of that matters. "If you gave me three months, I'd tap that ass. Give me three months, we could do it ... If you gave me three months,...
- 12/9/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
You gotta see what heavy hitters like Roberto Duran, Ricky Hatton, Riddick Bowe and a Bunch of other boxers look like now in our 'Memba Them main event ... par through the snaps to see which sluggers are still knockouts! Read more...
- 8/29/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The next documentary from Espn Films’ Peabody and Emmy Award-winning "30 for 30" series will be “Chasing Tyson,” premiering tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. Et on Espn. Directed by the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Steven Cantor, the film examines why so many years went by before Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson finally met in the ring. Holyfield was a journeyman boxer who had earned respect with victorious bouts against greats like Buster Douglas, Riddick Bowe and George Foreman. He won the heavyweight championship belt four times. But it was Mike Tyson’s outsized personality and ferocious punches that cast a commanding shadow over boxing in the 1980s and...
- 11/10/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The next documentary from Espn Films’ Peabody and Emmy Award-winning "30 for 30" series will be “Chasing Tyson,” premiering on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. Et on Espn. Directed by the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Steven Cantor, the film examines why so many years went by before Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson finally met in the ring. Holyfield was a journeyman boxer who had earned respect with victorious bouts against greats like Buster Douglas, Riddick Bowe and George Foreman. He won the heavyweight championship belt four times. But it was Mike Tyson’s outsized personality and ferocious punches that cast a commanding shadow over boxing in the 1980s and...
- 11/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Ex-heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe says his bank account hasn't been knocked out ... telling TMZ Sports his $20-a-tweet-stunt was just a little fun with his nearly half-a-million followers. Bowe set his Twitter on fire yesterday when he announced to his 451k followers that he'd tweet anything they wanted him to ... if they dropped $20 in his PayPal account. After Bowe's announcement, his @RiddickBowe account became a series of insanely hilarious nonsense ... and people began to wonder if...
- 4/15/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Before Mayweather had Bieber ... Evander Holyfield says he had a music superstar sidekick of his own ... Mc Hammer!! Holyfield tells TMZ Sports he brought the "U Can't Touch This" rapper to the ring with him when he beat Riddick Bowe in Vegas back in 1993 ... after losing to Bowe in their previous bout. But while Evander says his celeb tagalong wasn't exactly a "lucky charm" -- he seems to be saying that Hammer affected the energy...
- 3/12/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Evander Holyfield has fought some of the toughest men to ever step in the ring ... Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe -- so who punches the hardest?? Easy ... none of 'em. The Real Deal was out in L.A. last night when he told us ... when it comes to punching power, there's one boxing legend whose fists are simply superior to everyone else. For the record, Holyfield won the fight he's talking about but his...
- 7/17/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
On Sept. 1, the world lost a champion when world-renowned boxer Tommy Morrison, also known as “The Duke,” died of unknown causes at the young age of 44.
Out of 52 professional fights, Tommy Morrison only lost three. Going head-to-head against icons like Lennox Lewis and George Foreman, and starring in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone, Tommy had a successful career, despite testing positive for HIV.
Tommy Morrison Dies At 44
Tony Holden, close friend and promoter of Tommy confirmed that the boxing champion had passed away at an hospital in Omaha, Neb. at 11:50 Pm with his wife Trisha Morrison by his side. At this time, the family is not releasing his cause of death.
While Tommy was well-known for his fighting ability, he entered the news in 1996 when the Nevada Athletic Commission released that he had tested positive for HIV. He followed the announcement with a press conference, where he announced he would “absolutely” never box again.
Out of 52 professional fights, Tommy Morrison only lost three. Going head-to-head against icons like Lennox Lewis and George Foreman, and starring in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone, Tommy had a successful career, despite testing positive for HIV.
Tommy Morrison Dies At 44
Tony Holden, close friend and promoter of Tommy confirmed that the boxing champion had passed away at an hospital in Omaha, Neb. at 11:50 Pm with his wife Trisha Morrison by his side. At this time, the family is not releasing his cause of death.
While Tommy was well-known for his fighting ability, he entered the news in 1996 when the Nevada Athletic Commission released that he had tested positive for HIV. He followed the announcement with a press conference, where he announced he would “absolutely” never box again.
- 9/3/2013
- by Emily Longeretta
- HollywoodLife
Tommy Morrison, the former heavyweight champion who stood toe-to-toe with Lennox Lewis and George Foreman and later tested positive for HIV, died Monday. He was 44.
Morrison died Sunday night at a Nebraska hospital, said Tony Holden, his longtime promoter and close friend. The family would not disclose the cause of death.
In 1993, Morrison beat Foreman to win the Wbo heavyweight title, only to lose it to unheralded Michael Bentt in a defeat that scuttled a showdown with Lewis. Morrison would fight Lewis a couple of years later, getting knocked out in the sixth round in Atlantic City, N.J.
Morrison,...
Morrison died Sunday night at a Nebraska hospital, said Tony Holden, his longtime promoter and close friend. The family would not disclose the cause of death.
In 1993, Morrison beat Foreman to win the Wbo heavyweight title, only to lose it to unheralded Michael Bentt in a defeat that scuttled a showdown with Lewis. Morrison would fight Lewis a couple of years later, getting knocked out in the sixth round in Atlantic City, N.J.
Morrison,...
- 9/2/2013
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
Tommy Morrison, the former heavyweight champion who stood toe-to-toe with Lennox Lewis and George Foreman and later tested positive for HIV, died Monday. He was 44. Morrison died Sunday night at a Nebraska hospital, said Tony Holden, his longtime promoter and close friend. The family would not disclose the cause of death. In 1993, Morrison beat Foreman to win the Wbo heavyweight title, only to lose it to unheralded Michael Bentt in a defeat that scuttled a showdown with Lewis. Morrison would fight Lewis a couple of years later, getting knocked out in the sixth round in Atlantic City, N.J. Morrison,...
- 9/2/2013
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
International shoe charity Soles4Souls Inc. has issued a challenge to all members of press to refrain from wearing shoes in the name of open-minded humanitarianism. Under the auspices of the weeklong "Barefoot Week", professional media are asked to go sole-less for at least four consecutive hours during June 1-7.
Sole4Soul's dare to go bare is designed give respected members of the press an opportunity to inhabit the conditions faced by 300 million children who are too impoverished to afford footwear.
The charity is betting of the participation of press and the support of celebrity figures such as Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Simpson, Kellie Pickler, Arnold Palmer, Amy Grant, Riddick Bowe, Antawn Jamison, Luke Perry and Brittany Snow, to help raise the profile of this practical cause.
The awareness-building initiative is just one angle Sole4Soul has taken to advance its larger mission to shod the feet of the world's most disadvantaged youth.
Sole4Soul's dare to go bare is designed give respected members of the press an opportunity to inhabit the conditions faced by 300 million children who are too impoverished to afford footwear.
The charity is betting of the participation of press and the support of celebrity figures such as Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Simpson, Kellie Pickler, Arnold Palmer, Amy Grant, Riddick Bowe, Antawn Jamison, Luke Perry and Brittany Snow, to help raise the profile of this practical cause.
The awareness-building initiative is just one angle Sole4Soul has taken to advance its larger mission to shod the feet of the world's most disadvantaged youth.
- 5/14/2009
- icelebz.com
Employing minimal commentary and not shadowing their subjects too closely, documentarians Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen won't win any judges' decisions for innovation with "On the Ropes", but the limited WinStar Cinema release about a real-life trio of amateur boxers and a dedicated trainer in contemporary Brooklyn is absorbing cinema and reminds one of both "Hoop Dreams" (though it's quite a bit shorter) and John Huston's masterful 1972 feature "Fat City".
The Bed-Stuy Boxing Center is renowned for producing such stars of the sport as Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland, but "On the Ropes" is not a profile of the venerable neighborhood gym. The focus is on the people behind the punches, starting with trainer Harry Keitt, who is only a little more than a decade older than the tough, troubled young fighters he coaches, advises, scolds and tries to mold into the kind of champion he never could be.
Inspired by her own six-month stint with one-time prison inmate Keitt, tyro filmmaker Burstein and co-director/cinematographer Morgen ("Ollie's Army") chose three worthy subjects in promising slugger Tyrene Manson, talented welterweight Noel Santiago and headed-for-the-pros George Walton. But as with "Hoop Dreams", their stories go off in unexpected directions and explore areas of modern experience from which more privileged viewers -- perhaps less desperately motivated and far removed from the big city -- can certainly learn something.
Through the course of the film, divorcee Manson prepares for the 1997 Golden Gloves competition at Madison Square Garden, but her dicey home situation -- she has legal custody of two young cousins and lives with her crack-addicted and AIDS-afflicted uncle -- leads to a serious, very discouraging arrest and conviction for possessing drugs.
Her dreams derailed, Manson's struggle is the most dramatic of the three. Santiago appears to have licked his own drug demons. He lives peaceably with his once out-of-control mother but lacks discipline and the confidence of a winner. Walton, on the other hand, is a serious hopeful, winner of the Golden Gloves Tournament in 1996 and wooed by managers and new trainers away from Keitt, who can't help but show his disappointment and apprehension for the athlete's future.
While a feature version of the story is, not surprisingly, in the offing, there's no substitute for seeing The Real Thing. Along with the encouraging portrayal of individuals striving to achieve something extraordinary in their given circumstances, "Ropes" in fact recalls the glum cliches and stark realities of the milieu so thoroughly portrayed in the movies, including the recent English film "My Name Is Joe". But here the faces and fights are real, the voices and lines not rehearsed.
ON THE ROPES
WinStar Cinema
Director-producers: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Executive producers: Jennifer Fox, Jonathan Cohen
Cinematographer: Brett Morgen
Editors: Nancy Baker, Nanette Burstein
Music: Theodore Shapiro
Color/stereo
Running time -- 94 minutes
No MPAA rating...
The Bed-Stuy Boxing Center is renowned for producing such stars of the sport as Riddick Bowe and Mark Breland, but "On the Ropes" is not a profile of the venerable neighborhood gym. The focus is on the people behind the punches, starting with trainer Harry Keitt, who is only a little more than a decade older than the tough, troubled young fighters he coaches, advises, scolds and tries to mold into the kind of champion he never could be.
Inspired by her own six-month stint with one-time prison inmate Keitt, tyro filmmaker Burstein and co-director/cinematographer Morgen ("Ollie's Army") chose three worthy subjects in promising slugger Tyrene Manson, talented welterweight Noel Santiago and headed-for-the-pros George Walton. But as with "Hoop Dreams", their stories go off in unexpected directions and explore areas of modern experience from which more privileged viewers -- perhaps less desperately motivated and far removed from the big city -- can certainly learn something.
Through the course of the film, divorcee Manson prepares for the 1997 Golden Gloves competition at Madison Square Garden, but her dicey home situation -- she has legal custody of two young cousins and lives with her crack-addicted and AIDS-afflicted uncle -- leads to a serious, very discouraging arrest and conviction for possessing drugs.
Her dreams derailed, Manson's struggle is the most dramatic of the three. Santiago appears to have licked his own drug demons. He lives peaceably with his once out-of-control mother but lacks discipline and the confidence of a winner. Walton, on the other hand, is a serious hopeful, winner of the Golden Gloves Tournament in 1996 and wooed by managers and new trainers away from Keitt, who can't help but show his disappointment and apprehension for the athlete's future.
While a feature version of the story is, not surprisingly, in the offing, there's no substitute for seeing The Real Thing. Along with the encouraging portrayal of individuals striving to achieve something extraordinary in their given circumstances, "Ropes" in fact recalls the glum cliches and stark realities of the milieu so thoroughly portrayed in the movies, including the recent English film "My Name Is Joe". But here the faces and fights are real, the voices and lines not rehearsed.
ON THE ROPES
WinStar Cinema
Director-producers: Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Executive producers: Jennifer Fox, Jonathan Cohen
Cinematographer: Brett Morgen
Editors: Nancy Baker, Nanette Burstein
Music: Theodore Shapiro
Color/stereo
Running time -- 94 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/27/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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