Knock Out – Season 1 Episode 7 Recap & Review

The Review Geek

20-06-2025

Episode 7
Knock Out Episode 7 brings us to set up activity for the match – Hero Fight is nearly here. As the camera operators take a final break, Thun finds Keen alone in the room and can't resist a few kisses. Until Phuwish shows up, apologizing for interrupting as most of the rooms are soundproof. But he can't help a quick leer at Keen after Thun exits to get ready.
As the announcer sets up a new era of Muay Thai, the Hero Fight. In alternating scenes, neither Bung nor Ait seem to be winning their matches. As Ait gets up, Win tells him he loves him. While Bung hears cheering from audience member, Klao. Both invigorated, Ait and Bung each claim a turnaround knockout.
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In the control room, Keen gets an unlucky papercut as the camera switches to the promo for the main fight. While, backstage, Phuwish slyly mentions Keen to Thun, catching him off-guard.
Back to the winning matches and the crowd cheers for both Bung and Ait. As Ait steps out of the ring, he receives an urgent call and walks away to take it. Meanwhile, Klao speaks to a police officer friend who's recently been suspended. She notes a case where money lender Muay was mauled to death by a large dog. What?
In the dressing room, Coach Petch tells Thun he can definitely take Yut. Then, 'Lord of the Martial World,' Yut, enters to cheers as does 'The Heartless Left Hook,' Tiger Taming Cannon. And Hero Fight is ready to rock.
As the guys square up in the middle, Round One begins. In the box, Keen holds his couple necklace, tensing as the fight begins. Petch immediately notices that Thun looks off, wondering what's wrong. The audience too, wonders if the Cannon can make it.
A couple more hits and Thun is thrown to the ropes, looking discombobulated. With blurred vision, he takes his stance but falls to the floor before he can complete the punch. As he's counted out, the team shouts his name but Thun doesn't even open his eyes. He's eventually removed via stretcher only a few minutes after the fight had begun.
What happened to the Cannon? The crowd wonders if he was possibly drugged and even Phuwish looks worried. In the locker room, Petch finds that someone has tampered with Thun's water bottle. While the audience complains about an event where a champ can be tainted, the news speculates whether he was given a diuretic.
In the hospital, Keen waits for Thun to wake up. Phuwish calls to say the police are looking into it while Keen confirms his team checked every water bottle. Petch joins Keen at his vigil, saying he's unfortunately seen things like this before. As Petch heads back to the gym, Keen stays the night to look after Thun, full of remorse for not preventing the attack.
The next morning, Thun rises to find a sleeping Keen at his side. When he wakes, Thun stops Keen from apologizing, assuring him that he's fine.
On the news, speculation spreads that rival promoter Pakorn drugged the Cannon to discredit Phuwish. They're also saying the failed fight could end things for the budding Petchsak promoter. At the gym, Win waits for Ait, wondering if he made him uncomfortable with his ring-side confession but holds off texting him about it.
Watching news updates at the hospital, Yut talks of their disappointment but commends promoter Keen for revitalizing the sport. As Keen cuddles Thun we don't get to hear the response of whether Yut will fight again.
Giving a news update outside, noting returning some money to the audience, an angry viewer throws red paint on Phuwish, cursing him for cheating. Keen and Thun catch the clip, worriedly watching Phuwish apologize.
Elsewhere, Klao follows up on a report of a dead Muay found in the woods near the market. She notices tire tracks and blood stains as they talk of the incredulity of being killed by a dog. Klao sweeps away the leaves to find a clue, taking photos and bagging the evidence. She checks videos and finds a similar symbol on Pakorn's jacket.
At the hospital elevator, Keen apologizes to Phuwish but their backer is there to check on Thun, assuring Keen it's ok. They head upstairs just as Pakorn visits Thun. Klao calls Keen but he's already in the elevator and can barely understand as she suggests both Muay and Keen's father may have been murdered.
Keen opens the door to Thun's room to find him fighting with Pakorn – his father – just as Klao proposes that the murderer of Keen's father may be Pakorn.
The Episode Review
Well, there's an 'I am your father' moment. Keen couldn't have looked more shocked than Skywalker himself. And to think his love has been keeping this little droplet of information to himself the whole time. Did anyone guess? I sure didn't.
This also puts a new light on who tampered with the water bottle. I'm not sure Yut would bother, especially since he already took the Hulk drug – would he need Thun to be off balance? Wouldn't he prefer a chance to beat him in front of Keen? Win off his own (ish) merit? Maybe Ait's secret employer forced him to do it – but somehow I was thinking perhaps Pakorn was the one controlling Ait. Would he want his own son to take a dive? Maybe he'd be happy to see Keen and Petch fail, which is exactly what happened. Hhhmm.
How 'bout you all? Whatcha' thinking? I'd love to hear your theories. I don't think Win would ruin his father's reputation even if he is a little jealous of Keen. With Muay dead, it's not her, so who else is left?
Is anyone watching Knock Out with me? I'd love to hear your take. Drop-kick those ponderings into the comments below.
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