That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 03, 2019

“Good job, Joe Simpson. Say, Wallis wouldn’t happen to be your sister?”

“You won fair and square, so you are now the newest Supreme Court Justice.”

Political debates were quite different back then. The one who looked the best without a shirt on won. The loser was taken out and shot.

“Good show, lad. I have a son named Harry I’d like you to meet…in a dark alley, that is.”

That’s three bouts in a row Jimmy was able to knock their socks off.

When they decided to convert the opera house to other uses, boxing was the only thing that really got the bums on seats.

“Ok….. when I shake his hand I want you to pull the stool out from under him. The crowd will love it!”

Recess took on a new meaning with the start of the new school year.

All right, time to fill in the audience…ctrl+c, ctrl+v, ctrl+v, ctrl+v…

First recruit for the ‘Captain America’ test program.

Johnny took his trainer literally when he said that in order to win he had to be hungry.

The Anemic Annihilator vs The Bayonne Bleeder Chuck Wepner

chuck (at lower right) was a long-time boxing glove collector…

Jimmy wasn’t sure why a strip search before all the other members assembled in the auditorium was required to join the NAMBLA choir, but the chief examiner seemed nice, if a little over-friendly with his hands, so he decided to go with it.

Steve Rogers before serum+Vita-Ray

The answer to Woody Allen’s famous question : “Is this an audience,or an oil painting ?”

The playful Corner Man’s sly moving of Bruiser Mulhaney’s stool was sure to get a big laugh when the Bruiser went to sit.

Doctor: There’s nothing left of his opponent but his gloves! Well, at least the critics can’t call this particular bout a bloody mess…

Bruiser Mulhaney: Thank you for your service mate. I meself was 4F (wink wink).

I know that it isn’t the norm/ to box in your dress uniform/ but it can’t be denied/ and it’s cruel to deride / a King,who is just keeping warm. (There’s something about a man in uniform..")

A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club, 31st. March, 1919: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Howard_Robinson_A_Welsh_Victory_at_the_National_Sporting_Club_1919.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this painting.

 

Other than what’s pointed to by the title URL, I could find no online information about this artist. This is the first work by him used here.

 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2277 (September 2, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

And you should see the other guy!

Young Mr. Wilde could never resist royalty – especially one in a uniform. It ran in the family.

http://www.johnnyowen.com/jimmy_wilde.html

“Brave of you to volunteer to be the first to be examined on national tv, sir. Now, drop trou.” “Wait, what?”

Of course women weren’t allowed! They would swoon at the sight of men fighting (half clothed, of course).

Yes, formal attire is required in order to accord due respect to man battering one’s fellow man for the entertainment of others.

This famous fight between Wilde and Lynch was officiated by uniformed Prince Charming according to the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.

The crowd went Wilde when the Lynch mob lost.

Army guy congrats lover who was a war prisioner while shoe maker begins taking measurements

Mr. Melcher, I enjoy the funny captions you put on so many paintings. However, I particularly enjoy researching the backstories of the painting such as the Wilde and Lynch fight depicted. A few other folks have also done their research. You do a great service to jogging the brains!