Where Are They Now? Buster Douglas To Attend March 16 ShoBox

 Buster Douglas became very sick and spent many months in a coma because he became diabetic and failed to take care of himself. 

Buster Douglas To Attend March 16 ShoBox


Since retiring from boxing, Douglas has become a spokesperson of sorts for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, a disease to which he nearly lost his life in 1994. He strives to help others stay positive in their fight with the disease and shares his story of survival and his favorite meals in a cookbook called Buster's Backyard Bar-B-Q Knockout Diabetes Diet. He says about life, 

"You've just got to live it full of gusto. Be positive; be positive, that's my philosophy."

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