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Muay Thai boxer Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk (R), 21, who is transgender, kicks Priewpak Sorjor Wichit-Padrew during a boxing match at the Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2017.

Boxing purses in the Thai capital are at least triple those back home. Suthep’s grandson, Chaichana Saengngoen, was named a muay Thai rookie of the year in 2023.