Michael Van Norman better known as Mickey Vann (born 29 December 1943 in London, England) [1] is a former boxer and British boxing referee.

[4] In September 2002 he disqualified challenger Stephen Smith as Ricky Hatton defended his WBU light welterweight title.

Mickey was the son of Hal Denver (a friend of Elvis Presley)-who once threw knives at John Major's mother-and the grandson of The Silver King, a showman with The Elephant Man among his sideshows.

On 14 July 2012, at Upton Park in London, Vann was still active refereeing in the professional ring in Great Britain despite the ban, serving as man in the middle for Liam Walsh versus Domenico Urbano vacant WBO European Lightweight title 12 round contest on the undercard of David Haye versus Derek Chisora.

Vann stopped the bout at 2:10 in the eighth round with Walsh giving Urbano a one-sided beating on his feet.