Kim So-hye’s last match in My Lovely Boxer with Lee Sang-yub

by tccolb

With the premiere now just a couple weeks away, KBS takes us into the final round of promos for My Lovely Boxer and the newest teaser opens right inside the ring, with our heroine Kim So-hye (How to Buy a Friend) – playing boxing legend Lee Kwon-sook – lying collapsed on the mat.

As the referee counts down, Kwon-sook thinks back to sports agent Lee Sang-yub’s (Eve) voice of support: “What’s important is to not leave behind any regrets. Only then will you be able to see what’s inside of you.” Kwon-sook wonders if winning will help her see. But he replies, “If you make an effort to win. That way, you won’t have any regrets left.”

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We then jump to the issue of Kim Tae-young’s (Lee Sang-yub) motivation, which involves the shady gambling operator Park Ji-hwan (Our Blues). The threat to our hero is very clear: “Either bring the money within three months or ensure to win the match. Our chairman isn’t a man of patience.”

This leads Tae-young to seek out Kwon-sook, pleading for her return to boxing – just for three months. But Kwon-sook doesn’t budge. She blames the sport for her mother’s death and has other important matters in her life now, such as first love Kim Jin-woo (Love for a Thousand More).

Kwon-sook is also overwhelmed when bombarded by the press about her disappearance and Tae-young demands to know why: “So then tell me, why you started boxing, why you quit, why you lived in hiding! Let me understand. And then, let’s run away from the ring.”

Although a fellow athlete warns Kwon-sook about Tae-young’s persuasive tactics, our heroine can’t help but be won over by his sincerity. Opening up to Tae-young, she admits that, “I’m going to try trusting you. But if you betray me, you’ll be dead by my hands.”

Tae-young reassures Kwon-sook that she can tell him anything. But, lest we forget, Tae-young is still fielding threats and he’s warned: “Next time, don’t mess up. Because next time, it might not happen here and it might be someone else instead of you.” Desperate, Tae-young screams, “This is Kwon-sook’s last risk! Her last match! Please help!”

Finally, it’s game time and Dad Kim Hyung-mook (Longing for You) encourages a battered Kwon-sook, telling her it’s okay if she loses. But our heroine resolves to go back in, determining, “It’s not a matter of losing. I need to pour out everything that I can in order to never come back here.”

In the final sequence, we’re introduced to our story’s main cast and we contemplatively end on the same confession that Kwon-sook revealed in previous trailers: “Boxing scares me… Still, I’ll win today’s match.”

Written by Kim Min-joo (Let Me Hear Your Song) with PD Choi Sang-yeol (Let Me Hear Your Song) at the helm, KBS’s My Lovely Boxer premieres later this month on August 21.