Knock Out the Series – 2025’s Upcoming Thai BL Hit to Come
Some major Thai entertainment companies have already released the 2025’s upcoming BL, GL line up and some are yet to release. And right in between recently on November 21st, WeTV Original released a right 8:25 minutes long pilot of their 2025’s upcoming BL “Knock Out the Series”, starring Nice Boripat and Gun Natsakan in the centric role.
Knock Out the series is a Thai “Boys Love” romance novel adaption of the same name written by Dawin, co-produced by Dee Hup House and WeTV Original, is set to to premiere predictably in early 2025. Few days after the drama adaption announcement the casting too was announced last month on October 18th.
Knock Out the Series Story Synopsis
The story consist of a love story between a top boxer named Thun and a new comer assistant boxing promoter Keen. When Keen, a recent graduate is convinced by his father to take up the job of an assistant boxing promoter, has his first task to fulfil as a promoter which is to convince the top boxer Thun to get into fighting and win a competition. But through this chasing-convincing game awaits many challenges, ups & downs which is to bring these individuals in a passionate journey of love. Will Keen be able to fulfil his duty as an assistant promoter, an ideal son and a lover?
The pilot screens most of the story plot well put together in it, starting with Thun in a boxing ring knocked up by the opponent, where he sees Keen calling out his name to cheer him up to get up and fight back.
Meanwhile, there comes many flashbacks of him and Keen together with each counting. In the first flashback we see Thun saving Keen from the debt collectors, in second flashback; Keen gets introduced as Thun’s gym’s new assistant promoter, and in next we see Thun teaches Keen the basics of boxing for him to defends himself in future, and the scenes goes on one after another showing the distance between the characters getting less and less while the love & intimacy with new obstacles and hurdles begins.
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Casting & Production
Talking about the cast’s background, here we have Nice Boripat playing the character of Keen whom we had seen in Boys Planet 2023 (Korean survival show) and Gun Natsakan as “Thun the Top Boxer” who’s a fresh face in the industry with having another upcoming drama named “Boyy of God”. It is quite praise worthy move to put fresh yet known faces in the centric role, which the fans gonna love for sure.
Also collectively based on the fans reaction over the social medias and comments, it not hard to predict that it could become a huge hit in 2025. And as the drama is under Dee Hup House production, which is known for its phenomenal production and creation of BLs like “I Feel You Linger in the Air”, “My Stand-In”, “Lovely Writer” and “Why R U?” which all had a great impact on BL fan at their times till now, its surely gonna be a great series to look for in the next year.
Check out the official trailer of Knock Out the series.
