Beautiful Boxer

Fascinating article in the Guardian today about Parinya Charoenphol. Her life story has been made into a film: Beautiful Boxer. While I personally find boxing and kickboxing loathsome sports, I do want to see the film. It documents Charoenphol’s journey from being a poor village boy overcoming his timidity to become a famous kickboxer – but only so that he could earn enough money for a sex change. Life is often stranger than fiction.