RENO, NEVADA - Mills Lane, the Georgia native who has refereed some of boxing's biggest fights, was hospitalized in intensive care Tuesday after suffering a stroke. <br>
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Friends say the 64-year-old Lane, originally from Savannah, was found unconscious in his home Monday morning and was taken to Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center. <br>
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Dr. Philip Landis said Lane's condition has definitely shown improvement through the night. <br>
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Lane's wife, Kay, was out of town when her husband was stricken. <br>
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Lane is a former district judge and NCAA boxing champion. He gained national attention when he disqualified Mike Tyson for biting off part of Evander Holyfield's ear in 1997. <br>
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He resigned from the bench in 1998 to start a TV show and open a Reno law firm. <br>
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In December 2000, he began a boxing promotion company with his three law partners and Tony Holden Productions of Oklahoma. <br>
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The company staged its first bout in April 2001, the same month his syndicated TV show, ``Judge Mills Lane,'' was canceled.
