Ted Pryor

3X World Champ (eBook, ePUB)

The Death-Defying True Story of a Kickboxer Turned Drug Smuggler . . . Turned Business Icon

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Kickboxing champion. Legendary pot smuggler. Uber successful entrepreneur. Step into the gripping, electrifying narrative of 3X World Champ, the true story of a three-time kickboxing champion whose life took a wild turn into the shadowy world of marijuana smuggling. Set against the backdrop of 1980s Miamia time of glitz, glamour, and organized crimethis memoir unveils the astonishing career of Thaddeus J. "Ted" Pryor. In each stage of his life, Ted has always come out on topeven when the odds were stacked against him. 3X World Champ reveals how Ted became the master of the pot smuggling business around the Caribbean islands. Navigating a perilous web of drug trade kingpins and corrupt cops, Ted and his crew hustled in hundreds of millions of dollars in weed under the noses of law enforcement and coast guard patrolsuntil 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 an outcome that surprised even him. Follow Ted's incredible journey as he:

• Secretly becomes a key player in the biggest marijuana trafficking operation in American historywhile publicly beloved as a middleweight kickboxing legend
• Works as a bodyguard for stars including Elvis Presley, frequenting celebrity-drenched nightclubs
• Draws the attention of the Miami mafia before being personally selected as a guard and personal intimidator for the kingpin
• Faces down his notorious employer who asks him to carry out a hitthen wants him dead when he refuses
• Loses his shot at Hollywood stardom and takes a harrowing turn in prison after everything comes crashing down
• Gets a fresh startand turns his life around as CEO of a brand new business unlike anything that came before

Enthralling from beginning to end, this is the story of the rise and falland rise, once moreof the biggest bigger-than-life character you'll ever meet: a three-time world champ who lived to tell the craziest story you'll ever read.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781637745892
• Artikelnr.: 70173383

Autorenporträt

Former middleweight kickboxing champion of the world, Ted Pryor is the founder and retired CEO of one of the largest child education providers in the United States. He is also an entrepreneur, film producer, adventurer, and convicted marijuana smuggler. He lives in California, Hawaii, and Italy.