E3: Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, James "Buster" Douglas

02/15/20 • 12 min

James "Buster" Douglas is a former professional boxer from Columbus, Ohio who competed between 1981 and 1999. He is best known for his ten round battle with Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan. Douglas shocked the world by knocking out Tyson to become the undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

He would go on to become a boxing legend — complete with appearing on television, a movie and the cover of a video game.

In 2020, he celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the historic fight.

See more on James "Buster" Douglas: http://www.buckeyebusterdouglas.com

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He would go on to become a boxing legend — complete with appearing on television, a movie and the cover of a video game.

In 2020, he celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the historic fight.

See more on James "Buster" Douglas: http://www.buckeyebusterdouglas.com

See more My Fame Explained podcasts at http://www.myfameexplained.com

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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E2: State Farm 'She Shed' Commercial actress, Nicole J. Butler

Actress Nicole J. Butler, the star of the State Farm ' She Shed' commercial, was born in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles after college to pursue her dreams of acting.

It was countless small parts in TV shows such as 'The Big Bang Theory,' 'Mike and Molly,' 'NCIS' and many more — coupled with commercials for such national brands as Progressive Insurance, Gain laundry detergent, Pizza Hut, Walmart, and Target that moved her career from part-time to full time actress. Ultimately it was that State Farm commercial that went viral that sent her from “commercial actress” to “She Shed Cheryl,” a moniker she would come to embrace.

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E4: Dave's Killer Bread founder, Dave Dahl

Dave Dahl was born in Oregon and at the age of nine started working in his father's bakery; But that didn't last long as he would get caught up in a life of drugs and crime in his teen years that would follow him throughout much of his life. He would spend 15 years in prison for various crimes such as drugs and burglary.
It was in the mid-2000s that he would return to the family bakery and create an organic, crusty bread with whole grains and seeds that would be become hit — first at local farmers markets, and then eventually sold at grocery stores nationwide.
In 2015, he would sell the brand to Flower Foods for a reported $275 million dollars.

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