BOXING GORILLA DAY BONUS! It's not over quite yet, folks! Courtesy of the immensely kindly @Aggin67 and the splendid artistic talents of @Crassir1, we have a super-powered bout between my heroic 'rilla Apeman and the dastardly Grodd from the DC Universe! WHAM! #BoxingGorillaDay
And that, dear viewers, brings Boxing Gorilla Day/Weekend to a close for 2023! Scores have been settled, much punching has taken place, and @BuckTheBeaw and Jim will be off shortly to exchange their fist tape for bandages. Hurrah! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
Ladies and gentlebeasts, we have a tie! @BuckTheBeaw and Jim Simyan fought each other to a standstill, and what a show they put on in the process! Now they've managed to pick themselves up, let's give these tough guys a big hand! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
TIMBURR! @BuckTheBeaw and Jim are both down, and the 10-count has begun! The battered duo stir slowly, and with groggy groans manage to sit up...but they clearly don't know where they are! Eight...nine...10! That's it! A double-KO! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
Fully 20 minutes since the start of this bout, and both @BuckTheBeaw and Jim are on their last legs. Dazed, bruised and bloody-nosed, they summon all their remaining strength to take a swing at each other simultaneously – and BOOM! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
After a quarter of an hour the punches are flying less frequently, but they don't hurt any less when they land! Pulling up @BuckTheBeaw's head to sock him in the nose again, Jim instead gets a ferocious right hand to the gut. THUD! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
Blow after booming blow has already left @BuckTheBeaw and Jim Simyan somewhat the worse for wear in this slobberknocker of a taped fist bout, but they just keep on sluggin'! And SMACK! A huge left cross from Jim sends Buck reeling! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
A couple of minutes later, both @BuckTheBeaw and Jim Simyan have landed multiple weighty punches on each other; and after stunning Buck with a jab to the head, Jim follows up with a hefty left to the bear's undefended belly. THUMP! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
Moments into our Boxing Gorilla Day exhibition match, @BuckTheBeaw very much sets the tone for the fight to come with an almighty haymaker to Jim's jaw, rattling the ape's brain around his head and knocking him across the ring! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
Welcome to the Pro Animal Wrestling arena! Buck "The Bear Knuckle Brawler" Murphy (@BuckTheBeaw) and "Monkeywrench" Jim Simyan (my guy!) are raring to let the taped fists fly, so buckle up, everybody! It's going to be a wild brawl! Art by @MerDeKyle7! #BoxingGorillaDay #BuckvsJim
In the heat of the African sun, both Shujaa and Maurice give a good account of themselves, exchanging powerful blows. Finally, a mighty left puts Shujaa down for the count – and even Maurice is surprised at his own strength! Fight pic by @Huynhduyd14! #BoxingGorillaDay #KOTRDDO
Trader Moe's warehouse at Cape Suzette's docks has hosted many an underground boxing bout, but none has been as wince-inducing as the brawl between Kago and Goon! After eight rounds of ugly slugging, Kago gets the win! Fight pic by @Furryrevolution! #BoxingGorillaDay #KOTRDDO
We're at The Ink And Paint Club for Bongo vs Maurice, and sure enough, it's a doozy of a brawl! The apes have been belting each other around the ring for five gruelling rounds when a BIG right hand from Maurice puts Bongo away! Fight pic by @Khangakhai! #BoxingGorillaDay #KOTRDDO
Kongo and Goon don't show much technical skill during their bout – it's just a brutal seven-round slugfest! And ultimately, it's Gorilla Goon who slugs the hardest, laying the Kongo Killer out cold. Talk about a slobberknocker! Fight pic by @PitiYindee! #BoxingGorillaDay #KOTRDDO
Contestant number two in this year's Boxing Gorilla Day celebrity toughape tournament is Kerchak, from Disney's terrific 1999 adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan. Intense, resilient and with a fiery temper, he's a contender to be reckoned with! #BoxingGorillaDay #KOTRDDO
A big part of Boxing Gorilla Day is the sharing and posting of pics created specially for the occasion by various marvellous artists, like this collection of illustrations by the terrifically talented @TheBlueBear27, depicting my alien ape character Chimp Ion! #BoxingGorillaDay
If you're wondering what Boxing Gorilla Day is, it's the special day of the year (always on July 22) when I shine a spotlight on arty things depicting primates of a pugilistic persuasion, like this striking illustration by Toni Reyna. tonireyna.myportfolio.com/fighters #BoxingGorillaDay
Yes, at last, it is done! The long-overdue Boxing Gorilla Day art raffle pic starring @Dreadianz's Darius (on the left) and @R4gequ1t's Haborym, that is. And, as it features both spooky magic and punching, it serves to mark Halloween and the end of #Fightober! #BoxingGorillaDay
PLUS! For completists, here's the full Boogruk vs Gokong fight as a single, epic comic page! (Art by Alan Stewart: instagram.com/artofalan) #BoxingGorillaDay #BoogrukvsGokong
And so, dear viewers, that concludes The Main Event for Boxing Gorilla Day 2022! Except not quite. Because after regaining consciousness, our heroes decided they deserved a nice summertime treat... (Art by Alan Stewart: instagram.com/artofalan) #BoxingGorillaDay #BoogrukvsGokong
The time has come for The Main Event of Boxing Gorilla Day 2022: A heavyweight bout between @Da_Boz_Tiger's Boogruk and @RickLeone's Gokong, both of whom I've attempted to do justice to in the accompanying piccies. The fight itself will be drawn by Alan Stewart! #BoxingGorillaDay
So, it turns out that our celebrity fighters have a rivalry dating back some years. Before Riller joined the police force and Rocco became an explorer, the two cockney lads were prizefighters, as you can see in this footage captured marvellously by @BrukaJones! #BoxingGorillaDay
It's time for some Boxing Gorilla Day exhibition bouts! First we have my simian superhero Apeman versus @TheChocoFox's Espresso; and the latter ape must have some super powers of his own! Ouch! Thanks to @MrKermodeBear and @RodrigoJacoboS for making this happen! #BoxingGorillaDay
Simian salutations! It's #APEril Art Raffle time, ahead of #BoxingGorillaDay 2022 (July 22)! Follow, RT, Like and Comment with an image of your OC to enter, and TWO winners will box each other. Non-apes are welcome: if you win, your OC gets gorilla-fied! Entries close April 15.
