Amnat Ruenroeng, 29, trains hard with the rest of the Thai Olympic team
in Danang, Vietnam. Boxing, the three-time convict says, has brought focus
and discipline to his life.

Boxing Out of Poverty and Prison in Thailand

For some, boxing has become a hard-won ticket out of a life of crime in Thailand

Photographs for Time by Philip Blenkinsop / Noor

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