UMills Lane, unompempe wodumo wesibhakela owabiza isigameko sokuluma izindlebe kukaTyson-Holyfield, ushone eneminyaka engu-85.

Mills Lane, isilomo unompempe wesibhakela obeyindoda yesithathu eringini ngesikhathi uMike Tyson eluma indlebe ka-Evander Holyfield ngesinye sezikhathi ezingasoze zalibaleka emlandweni walo mdlalo, ushone ngoLwesibili. Wayeneminyaka engu-85.

ULane washonela emzini wakhe Reno, Nevada, nomkakhe, uKaye, namadodana amabili kanye naye. Indodana yakhe, uTommy, ithe uyise usanda kwenza okubi kakhulu wafakwa endaweni yokunakekela asebegulela ukufa ngoLwesihlanu. U-Lane wahlaselwa isifo sohlangothi ngo-2002.

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Unompempe wesibhakela uMills Lane, uphampa isibhakela sakhe ngesikhathi elethwa e-International Boxing Hall of Fame ngesikhathi somcimbi waminyaka yonke wokungenisa eCanastota, eNew York, ngoJuni 9, 2013.
(Isithombe se-AP/Heather Ainsworth, Ifayela)

“Kukhona ukukhululeka ukuthi akabambekile kuleso simo, kodwa sonke sizomkhumbula,” kusho uTommy Lane.

Wengeze ngokuthi uyise wayephinde abe yijaji nommeli wesifunda eNevada futhi wayehlonishwa ngenxa yobulungisa nokuqina kwakhe enkantolo kanye nering yesibhakela.

“Ngaphezu kwesimo sakhe esiyinganekwane emhlabeni wesibhakela, uMills B. Lane ubeyinsika yezobulungiswa e-Washoe County. Ubengummeli wesifunda ozinikele ongenangqondo obeka izisulu zobugebengu nokuphepha komphakathi kuqala,” Ummeli Wesifunda Wase-Washoe County, Christopher J. Hicks, esitatimendeni.

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Unompempe uMills Lane ukhombisa ukuncishiswa ngamaphuzu amabili kwelinye lamajaji ngemuva kokuba uMike Tyson eluma indlebe ka-Evander Holyfield ngesikhathi somdlalo wabo wesibhakela we-WBA heavyweight ngoJuni 28, 1997, eLas Vegas.
(Isithombe se-AP/Mark J. Terrill, Ifayela)

“Mina nomndeni wami, kanye neHhovisi Lommeli Wesifunda Sase-Washoe County, siyamkhalela ngokulahlekelwa kwakhe. Kwangathi angaphumula ngokuthula.”

UMills Lane waqala isibhakela ngesikhathi esebenza e-US Marines Corps. U-Savannah, Georgia, ongowokuzalwa wabhalisa eNyuvesi yaseNevada eReno, lapho athola khona iziqu zezomthetho ngo-1963. Ngesikhathi esesikoleni, wawina umqhudelwano wesibhakela we-NCAA ngo-1960 futhi waqala ukuba ngunompempe.

“Asiyivule!” kwakuyisiqubulo sakhe asisebenzisa ukuqala impi.

Wayengunompempe ngesikhathi u-Holyfield ewina isicoco se-heavyweight ku-Buster Douglas futhi futhi nini UTyson wayenqatshelwe empini yakhe yesibili bebhekene neHolyfield ngemuva kokuluma indlebe ngamabomu.

U-Evander Holyfield uhlolwe indlebe yakhe yesokudla unompempe uMills Lane ngemuva kokulunywa indlebe nguMike Tyson emzuliswaneni wesithathu womdlalo wabo wesibhakela we-WBA heavyweight ngoJuni 28, 1997, eLas Vegas.
(Isithombe se-AP/Mark J. Terrill, Ifayela)

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Uke waphatha izimpi zezicoco ezingaphezu kwekhulu, ebiza imidlalo kaMuhammad Ali, uLarry Holmes noLennox Lewis phakathi kwabanye. Wangeniswa kwi-International Boxing Hall of Fame ngo-2013.

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