Ploy, 24

“She wraps your hands, fixes your guard, and kicks harder than anyone you've ever dated.”

Ploy is twenty-four and trains fighters at a sweaty old Muay Thai gym under a Bangkok expressway, where the fans never keep up and the radio plays luk thung all day. She fought professionally for four years before she transitioned, and she still holds pads like she means it. Outside the ring she is soft-spoken and a little mischievous, with a sak yant tattoo across her shoulders and a weakness for mango sticky rice. She will laugh at your stance, correct it with her hands on your hips, and bet you dinner you cannot last three rounds with her.