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Three-Time World Champ

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

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Three-Time World Champ

By: Ted Pryor
Narrated by: Sal Viscuso
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The thrilling true story of the rise and fall of a kickboxing legend in the notorious 1980s Miami crime scene... and the shocking end that led him to a new life.

From 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.

As 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.

But when the gangster blocked him from getting in on the big money of the smuggling business, Ted started his own.

Three-Time World Champ tells 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—until a dubious traffic stop starts 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.

Three-Time World Champ brings listeners 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 Three-Time World Champ.

©2024 Thaddeus Pryor (P)2024 Podium Audio
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Awesome exhilarating read

Fascinating story. Captivating difficult to put down. never a dull moment. From Elvis to pot smuggling to Aldo Gucci, so many fun turns in the book. Powerful and extremely exciting.
To be a law, abiding citizen that worked in law-enforcement and then to turn to greed.
Turning things around with honor and the power of love for children and family.

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Gripping & hilarious with stellar narration

A gripping yet hilarious performance that takes you on a wild ride into the underworld of illicit drug schemes through the eyes of a conniving hustler. The narrator, Sal Viscuso, has a melodious baritone that is a pleasure to listen to and pulled me in right from the beginning, fully embodying the character, at once frightening and charming as hell!

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Great vocal performance and interesting story!

For anyone who likes true crime and especially the early 80s drug trade in South Florida, Ted Pryor’s story ticks a lot of boxes. Having just listened to the entire book in one go, I have to say Sal Viscuso’s performance is what kept me glued to it. Although this book is an honest look at the ins and outs of a self made fighter, turned smuggler, turned convict, turned legitimate entrepreneur with questionable life lessons about self discipline, having an honor code (of sorts), friends on both sides of the law and the benefits of white privilege in south Florida’s judicial system, Sal Viscuso’s emotional sincerity made Ted Pryor’s journey more personal and relatable if not sympathetic. Shedding light on one of the biggest drug busts in history - any fan of Miami Vice, Breaking Bad and the Soprano’s will feel right at home. I am so glad I listened to it.

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