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As boxing superstar Terence “Bud” Crawford readied himself for a title defense in his hometown of Omaha in 2015, a fan was ushered into the locker room for a quick introduction: a local investor by the name of Warren Buffett.

Growing up on Omaha’s tough north side, Crawford didn’t know Warren Buffett from Jimmy Buffett until he was in his mid 20s. But that meeting began an unlikely alliance between Buffett, the legendary Berkshire Hathaway chairman who is one of the world’s wealthiest men, and the undefeated Crawford….