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Mills Lane, referee of Holyfield-Tyson ‘bite fight’, dies at age of 85

Referee Lane Mills stops the Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson fight in June 1997. Tyson had bitten one of Holyfield’s ears
Referee Lane Mills stops the Evander Holyfield-Mike Tyson fight in June 1997. Tyson had bitten one of Holyfield’s ears. Photograph: Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty Images

Mills Lane, the referee who disqualified Mike Tyson for biting Evander Holyfield’s ears in the 1997 world heavyweight title fight, has died at the age of 85.

Lane’s son, Tommy, told the Reno Gazette-Journal that his father, who had been in poor health since suffering a stroke 20 years ago, died peacefully at a hospice in the Nevada city on Tuesday.

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