‘Archive Artdude41: ‘MMB – The Winner And Still Champion’. Rendering by: artdude41. MMB = Mixed Match Boxing.

This is the full title as the DA title block doesn't have enough slots to take all the words.



‘All the world's a stage.

And all the men and women merely players.

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts.

His acts being seven ages.

And so he plays his part.

Last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history.

Is second childishness and mere oblivion.

Sans everything.’ Shakespeare: ‘As You Like It’.

When it comes to boxing matches, Shakespeare got it right when he stated: ‘All the world’s a stage’. This because a boxing ring is a stage, full of drama, pain, and ultimately the ‘Alpha Of Victory’ contrasted with the ‘Omega Of Defeat’.

What this artist has made visual in one picture is that Greek contrast. Clubber’s alpha as he marches across life’s stage, while Daisy has been punched into the oblivion of omega.

And so ‘Ends this strange eventful history’ with this final render by the artist.

In the previous picture the writeup also started with a quote by Shakespeare.

In Shakespearian terms the final punch that ends a boxing match is known as ‘The Be-All, End-All Blow’. In modern times it goes by the French term: ‘Coup De Grâce’. (Mercy Killing).

In English it literally means a death blow to end the suffering of a severely wounded person.

And that was the final punch of this match. Here is that previous quote from Shakespeare’s: ‘Macbeth’

‘It were done quickly.

With his surcease success.

That but this blow,

Might be the be-all and the end-all here.

But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,

We’d jump the life to come.

But in these cases,

We still have judgment here.

That we but teach bloody instructions.’

And here is the visual link to the fight ending punch: LINK:  Mature Content

Earlier in the fight, the White had nailed her Black opponent with a solid punch to the head. Clubber staggered backwards and seemed to be dazed. Sensing an early kill, Daisy charged him, and that was her undoing – Times two.

First, Clubber had been hurt, but wasn’t dazed, although he feigned that he was stricken.

Second, in her eagerness to charge Clubber, she left herself wide open by rearing back with one of her fists to swing around with a ‘Round-House Punch’ to his head. That is when he stopped dead in his backwards stagger, then stepped forward and slammed his left glove against the side of the Blonde’s jaw, knocking her both backwards against the ropes, and out cold.

In the beginning, to be a bit biblical, one of the boxers, Daisy thought the following at the beginning of this fight. Again, it is Shakespeare, but in this case it is from a sonnet – A special form of poetry. However, for the Blonde the termination of this match did not end poetically for her.

‘Past cure I am, now reason is past care,

And frantic-mad with evermore unrest.

My thoughts and my discourse as madmen's are,

At random from the truth vainly express'd.

For I have sworn thee fair.

And thought thee bright.

Who art as Black as hell.

As dark as night.’ Shakespeare: ‘Sonnet 147’.

As concerns this Shakespeare sonnet, at the beginning of the match Daisy had made it known that she viewed her opponent Clubber as worthy and had ‘Sworn thee fair’.

However, after being flattened by a woman, both Clubber’s face and male ego were bruised and he no longer viewed this a ‘Boxing Match’ for sport, instead he had become revengeful and wanted to humiliate her by knocking Daisy out in the first round.

Now the sonnet turns darker as Clubber is already ‘Black as hell’, but his mood has become ‘As dark as night’.

Adding to his rage is he was giving Daisy a rough time and worked her back against the ropes. However, she slipped away sideways, and Clubber got careless, yet again, and she nailed him with another sucker punch – A solid left uppercut that knocked him backwards. The picture perfect uppercut put her back into the fight.

Or so she thought.

All to no avail. Here is the visual link to that earlier picture titled ‘MMB – Another Sucker Punch’: LINK:  Mature Content

I have set up an ‘Archive’ folder in my ‘DA Main Site’ (‘drewhammond’) to collect all in one place the best works of Ashley Martin, both a good and trusted artist friend of mine.

The title of this archive folder is: ‘Best Of Ash Martin – Artdude41’. Ashley’s friends call him ‘Ash’, and the name of his Main DA Site is: ‘Artdude41’ – The website which Ash created in order to display a portion of his continuous output of remarkable pictures.

This specific work of art is 'In Deed' one the best by this superb artist. It is the tenth (10th) and final panel in a series of ten (10) panels depicting a ‘Mixed Match Boxing Championship Prize Fight’.

In an even earlier panel titled: ‘MMB – The Black Phoenix Attacks’, Clubber has arisen from being floored by a sucker punch and went on the attack against Daisy. Phoenix, in this case is not about the Arizona city. Legend has it that a mythical bird called ‘The Phoenix’, has the God given ability to arise from the ashes (Ash?) of its destruction and be reborn into a new life. The boxing analogy is ‘He/she has arisen from the canvas, likened to a Phoenix, onto their feet yet again and continues the fight.

At the beginning of the round, in a picture titled: ‘MMB – Floored’, Daisy had gone onto the offensive and surprised him by stepping in and immediately nailing him with a ‘Sucker Punch’, which was her own version of a roundhouse left to the head. Knocking him to the canvas, which is shown in that earlier picture. And in the doing pretty much put the fight into a fistic balance.

Here is the visual link to that earlier picture: LINK:  Mature Content

And in the doing pretty much put the fight into a fistic balance.

Near the beginning of the first round, in a panel titled: ‘MMB – CounterAttack’, Daisy had gone on the offensive and surprised her Black opponent by stepping in and immediately hitting him with the first of a series of ‘Sucker Punches’ – In this case a roundhouse left to the head.

The force of the blow will knock him to the canvas, and in the doing pretty much evening up the fight.



Over the years there have been a number of renders that Ash has created and they have been uploaded on both my DA Main Site and my DA Group Site (‘CombativeWomen’) and eventually here they shall all reside.

In my DA Main Site: ‘drewhammond’ I have a number of folders, and as such each folder will have a full size avatar as its logo.

When selecting an avatar for a group folder it has to be the best of the best because it will represent all of the other renders in that folder. That is why I have chosen this one, as I consider it a masterpiece in representing both the imagination and attention to detail that Ashley (Ash) brings to all his works. This astonishing picture is of a character he named: ‘Merriam’, a Cavewoman of stunning beauty who is standing on the edge of a cliff, while defiantly taking on all those dinosaurs armed only with a knife. She will not go gentle into that good night, nor be driven off the edge of that precipice without a fight. The grim determination on the face of Merriam sealed the deal on my choosing this render as the avatar, for this is a battle that will be terminal.

Alas, for her.

To that end, this will be the avatar of my 'DA Main Site' folder titled: ‘Best Of Artdude41', in which all of his renders will eventually reside.

Here is the visual link to that avatar: LINK:  Mature Content

Here is the background of this current picture featured at the beginning of this writeup:

As of late I wrote to Ash and told him of my intentions to place a large number of his pictures into this dedicated folder depicting his vast oeuvre of art work. As friends, we have a formed a ‘Mutual Admiration Society’ concerning both of our DA Sites. As a courtesy I asked his permission to start loading one aspect of his works, in this case: ‘Mixed Boxing’. The result is he’s now sending me pictures of these epic battles, and the first one I chose to start with is a series of panels he titled: ‘Championship Match’. They were done in 2009 and here is the ninth one of a total of ten.

However, for it to fit into this ‘Archive Folder’ I needed to completely change the title he gave this superb render. The following is my reasoning about this title change:

Starting with: ‘Archive’, because it is going into the archive of the best of Artdude41 folder, whereby all of them will be listed.

Next is: ‘Artdude41’, the name of his DA website.

After that: ‘MMB’, the initials for what is happening: ‘Mixed Match Boxing’.

Concluding with a description of what is going on: ‘The Winner And Still Champion’.

Now, there will be times when I will change his titles, and this is one of those times; but what I won’t change is my opinion of the artistic genius of Ash.

The following is from the ‘DA Artists Comments’ section on describing this series of panels:

Title: ‘Championship Match’: Poser. Photoshop and sweat.

Thanks for viewing.

Artdude41.”

Now, there is an artist of few words.

To be added, thanks Ash, that tells us a lot. And yet what else needs to be said, the picture pretty much tells the viewer of what is going on – Which is a classic ‘Beauty And (Versus) The Beast’ parable made visual in this ‘Fight To The Finish’ boxing match between a female beauty: Daisy, and a male beast: Clubber.

One of the viewers had something to say about one of the previous panels, and I feel it is apropos here. The following is from his ‘DA Viewers Comments’ section:

From: qester64 – June 21, 2015: “A fair fight, both fighters are topless."

Now that's a funny comment. And Ash just keeps getting better in both his imagination and artwork.

To be added that Daisy is a feminist athlete who proudly said she was as good as any man. And Clubber took her up on her challenge.



Here’s some background on this artist: This superb talent lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and as I mentioned before he goes by the name of Ash.

I stumbled upon one of his mixed match pictures on DA which he titled ‘Final Round 2’. So I sent him a note which follows:

“Ash, your render of 'Final Round 2' is the equal of the very finest of fighting mixed matches I have ever seen.”

And for proof, here is the visual link to that picture: LINK:  Mature Content

Now, I’m not that big into mixed matches. I’ve written illustrated novels on them and published them decades ago and realize they have their place in the combative women genre. And over the years there have been some damn fine artists who have created some great mixed matches which I have presented to my viewers. But all that has changed with this superb talent out of Cape Town, South Africa. Back in 2009 Ash was commissioned to do a series of 26 renderings for a paid web site called Studio AD. He made sure to add their identifying logo ‘AD Sports’ on those pictures. Anyway, I stumbled upon one of his mixed match pictures on DA which he titled ‘Final Round 2’.

I then continued with my note to him:

“I should know because I feature such M/F combat on my DA Main Site and my Group site. You are a great talent and as such I feel you should get more DA exposure. So here is what I propose. I would like to review all 26 renderings that you did of this series and choose some (perhaps all) and do a writeup on each one and present them to my DA viewers, one at a time. I will, of course, give you full credit, link each one of your renders to your site, and let the viewers know that you are taking commissions etc. If you like, we can start out slow and you can send me some examples of your mixed match work as attachments to me via e-mail. Now, I have a prestige DA Site (drewhammond) as well as a prestige DA Group Site (CombativeWomen) and would be honored if you would allow me to display some of your remarkable works on both of them. Drew.”

To which he replied: “Goodday Drew. I hope you are well. At present I unfortunately cannot send you all 26 shots at one time as they were part of a paid commission. I will however pick 6 of the best ones and email them to you soon. I will make the selection – A mix. As well as some of other fights, etc. I will be in touch soon. Cheers mate, regards, Ash.”

The following is one that he sent back then. He titled it ‘Box Match 5’, which is a ‘working title’. If I were to give it a final title it would be: The Ecstasy Of Battle’. As a writer I choose my words carefully and here is why I chose ecstasy. By definition: ‘A state of overwhelming emotion. Rapturous delight.’ In this picture the artist makes visual ‘Rapturous Delight’, and that is the feeling a boxer gets when she has let loose a perfectly delivered hard hitting punch that slams into the ‘sweet spot’ of an opponent. And that spot is the chin. The other part of the definition is the ‘State Of Overwhelming Emotion’ she’ll experience when she sees and hears the Referee announce: “Ten”, the result of her drop to the canvas sweet spot shot.

What really impresses me is his ability of using 3D software and converting it into images of photographic quality. I especially like his technique of a photographic panorama shot of the ring and arena. By the way he has named the Gladiatrix ‘Daisy’, and the Gladiator ’Honeyboy Floyd’.

To sum up, this is simply a flat out masterpiece of mixed match boxing.

Here is the visual link to that picture: LINK:  Mature Content

That note to him was sent way back in 2009, and since then I’ve gotten his written permission to upload a great number of his pictures and here is another great one.

Anyway, I consider this stupendous work of art as simply, and profoundly, a flat out masterpiece. Which he creates on a regular basis. His imagination, attention to detail, artistic craftsmanship, and sense of humor in some of his works, are superb.

I consider him one of the finest artists in all of DA, and while there are a few who, in their own artistic style, equal Ash, there are none who surpass him.

In conclusion, I feel that the following from Robert Browning is apropos to all of his art:

‘It is the glory and good of Art.

That Art remains the one way possible,

Of speaking truth.

To mouths like mine at least.’

‘Nuff said, Drew.

Except to add, he does commissions and this is the link to his 'Artdude41' DA Site: LINK: artdude41.deviantart.com/

There is also a website called: 'Erotic Illusions' which contains most of his artwork. Here is the link: LINK: www.deviantart.com/users/outgo…

He is also on a Yahoo website where he features updates and discussions of new projects.

And here is the link to the avatar of his logo for his DA Main Site: LINK: