He fought for lightweight and light welterweight titles of the world, once against Joe Brown and twice against Carlos Ortiz.
This combined with the fact that he was a southpaw made him an excellent boxer and in 1953 started his professional career.
[3] Quote from Ortiz: "No one was more difficult to figure out than Kenny Lane, the guy was unbelievably clever" [4] He had a controversial decision loss to Joe Brown for undisputed lightweight championship of the world.
Lane decided to retire for the final time, making the even 100 bouts he sought.
He died of a heart attack on August 5, 2008, alongside one of his most well known students, Christian Lloyd in Lansing, Michigan.