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Let's Get It on: Tough Talk from Boxing's Top Ref and Nevada's Most Outspoken Judge - Hardcover

Lane, Mills; Smith, Jedwin

 
9780609603116: Let's Get It on: Tough Talk from Boxing's Top Ref and Nevada's Most Outspoken Judge

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The boxing referee and district court judge offers a behind-the-scenes look at the questionable practices of the game's athletes, promoters, and trainers

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<b>Mills Lane</b> was born in Savannah, Georgia. He joined the Marines, where he became the Far East welterweight champion, and then completed college and law school. He was district attorney in Reno, Nevada, and district court judge, and will have a syndicated court TV show in fall 1998. Mills Lane lives in Reno with his wife and two sons.<br><br><b>Jedwin Smith</b> has worked for twenty-five years at newspapers throughout the country, mostly as sports editor. For the last four years he has been at the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  He lives in Atlanta with his wife and four daughters.

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r--a man who's reached his goals by continually hammering away while refusing to either back off or quit; a country boy, long on Marine Corps values, who wears his heart on his sleeve.<br> So, let's get it on . . .<br><br>With his distinctive bald head, bow tie, and signature phrase, "Let's get it on!" Mills Lane is the most <br>colorful and best-known referee in professional boxing. With almost a hundred world championship fights under his belt, he has a reputation for being one of the sharpest, most honorable refs in the business, a reputation confirmed internationally on June 28, 1997, when he disqualified Mike Tyson for twice biting Evander Holyfield's ears during what became the most bizarre championship fight in history.<br> <br>Now, in <b>Let's Get It On</b>, Mills Lane provides a ringside seat for anyone who wants an intimate look into the outrageous personalities and

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