{"product_id":"three-time-world-champ-ted-pryor-9781637745885","title":"Three-Time World Champ: The Death-Defying True Story of a Kickboxer Turned Drug Smuggler . . . Turned Bu Siness Icon","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe thrilling true story of the rise and fall of a kickboxing legend in the notorious 1980s Miami crime scene . . . and the shocking end that that led him to a new life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 1982 to 1987, Thaddeus J. \"Ted\" Pryor was the middleweight kickboxing champion of the world. But behind the scenes, he was a key player in the biggest marijuana trafficking operation in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a renowned athlete, TV model, and bodyguard to stars like Elvis Presley, he drew the attention of the head of the Miami mafia. When the kingpin wanted protection--and some flash--he made Ted his personal intimidator, keeping the peace in the celebrity-drenched nightclub scene and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the gangster blocked him from getting in on the big money of the smuggling business, Ted started his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree-Time World Champ \u003c\/i\u003etells the electric story of how Ted became the master of the run-and-gun smuggling business around the Caribbean islands, hustling in hundreds of millions of dollars in weed under the noses of cops and coast guard patrols--\u003c\/b\u003euntil a dubious traffic stop began the unraveling of everything. What began as easy money became a ringside seat to kidnapping, murder, police double-crosses, and a harrowing turn in prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree-Time World Champ \u003c\/i\u003ebrings readers directly into the action of neon-soaked, 1980s Miami, chronicling the rise and fall--and rise again--of an amazing man: a world champ of kickboxing and a world champ of smuggling who, in a wholly unexpected turn, becomes world champ of a business completely removed from everything that came before. It's harrowing, it's thrilling, and it happened just like this: the wild life of a \u003ci\u003eThree-Time World Champ\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Pryor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637745885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637745885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benbella Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ted Pryor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46199255367935,"sku":"9781637745885","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a840ca0a-daa8-416a-bcd6-b031c70e35e9.jpg?v=1727925515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-time-world-champ-ted-pryor-9781637745885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}