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I am a step-mom whose existence was very much hated by my now-husband's ex. It wasn't a personal hatred, it wasn't anything specifically about me, it was that she hated the whole idea of my existence. My husband also was never married to his daughter's mom and when she left with the baby there was no custody order in place... she just left and his ability to see his daughter was basically at mom's whim. I can say from his perspective he was TERRIFIED, nearly all the time, that his daughter was going to be taken away from him again and that this time he wouldn't be able to find her. The stakes were incredibly high and, in his mind the only thing he could do was keep her happy enough that she would let him continue to see his daughter. It was an incredibly stressful time for him, living in fear that he would say or do the wrong thing and would lose his daughter altogether.
Here are the things that helped:
Proximity-- when she left, it was very easy for all the control to stay in her court. When he was just the visiting dad, travelling to see his daughter, she had a lot of control over when, how, and where he could see his daughter because if he disagreed she could just refuse to show up. When we were able to move closer, we established a regular schedule and the power and control balanced out a little... He was parenting on his own, in his own space, and she couldn't just not show up because he was right there.
Time-- It was agonizingly slow progress for my presence to be accepted on any level. We moved together and lived together, and on some level she certainly knew that. But I allowed her to pretend I didn't exist. I didn't go to pick my step-daughter up. I made myself scarce when she dropped her off at our house. I didn't answer the phone when she called. My husband rarely used the words "we" and "us," always "me" and "I." She knew I was there, but we didn't rub it in.
Support-- my role, other than getting to know my step-daughter and finding my way through that relationship, was to be a support to my husband. He had to go from being terrified all the time about losing his daughter at any minute... to standing up for his rights as a father and finding a way to assert himself as an equal parent. There is a LONG distance between those two things, especially when you have lived in fear for a long time. I was there for him as he stumbled, made mistakes, regressed, got bowled over, doubted himself, lost his confidence... he didn't need me to FIX it, he needed me to be there while HE fixed it. That was, perhaps, the hardest thing for me to learn.
Having a plan-- My husband stopped taking her decision of the day as the final answer. When she said 50/50 custody would be too traumatic for my step-daughter, my husband asked to make a plan to get there eventually. When she said she would never feel comfortable trusting him with their daughter, he suggested counseling or mediation to work on their co-parenting skills. When she refused holiday visitation, he asked to come up with a plan for how to share holiday time equitably the next year.
I hope some of that was helpful. I think in your case, the best thing you can do is support him as he moves forward in his own parenting journey. If he wants to be an equal parent to his son, he first has to believe he is an equal parent. Perhaps the best thing you can do for him is to be there for him as he goes through the inevitable ups and downs that are in front of him. You can remind him about all the things he is doing for his son, all the ways he is putting his son first, and all the ways he is a wonderful father. You can counteract the doubts that are going to arise as his ex questions and doubts him as a parent. Once he is not living in fear of losing his son, he may be able to move things forward in his co-parenting relationship with his ex... but he needs to be the one to do the work. There are no short-cuts. Once the two of them are on more stable ground it may open up room for a third person.
Obviously this is from my own perspective and experience as a step-mom, and a mom who has dealt with an ex and their new girlfriend/spouse might have a very different perspective on how you should handle that relationship. I know that in our situation it would have done more harm than good to try to bridge that gap before she was ready to accept me into their parenting system.
I was going to say that your DP's ex doesn't get a say over whether your DP dates and/or lives with you and that your dating/living status has nothing to do with whether and how much your DP should have time with his son (assuming you both are no danger to the son). But in my state (not sure about yours) if he has no parenting agreement (custody order) he has no rights. Meaning there are no rights to enforce right now, because he doesn't have them. It is by the "good graces" of mom for DP to see their son. Technically she can't make DP or you do anything, but she can force your hand if she decides to use access to their son as the lever, so to speak. It's an awful, cheeseball in the gut, kind of feeling, I know.
You (that is, DH) can't reason with her that he's a good parent. He has to be a good parent. He has to demonstrate with his actions that he is a good parent. If she doesn't see it, doesn't get it, or whatever, it doesn't matter. If the court system gets involved, her fears pretty much don't matter. A judge will (or at least should) listen to his version of the story, such as how he is a good parent and provides for their son, and her stories about who he was 5 years ago won't matter much. So I wouldn't dwell on trying to convince her of who he is now. Just be that person. Heck, be better than that person out of spite. ;-)
Once there is an order giving him parental rights, she effectively loses the ability to dictate such fine details of DP's life. No, she couldn't demand to interview and approve you. No, she couldn't demand to enter your home for whatever reason, like looking at son's room (though I doubt if she could now, it's your private residence). If your DP says you are a good person and he chooses for you to be around their son, that's that. He would have no obligation to provide her with your qualifications, or let her supervise you. Your DP is their son's parent too, and he's qualified (whether she cares to agree or not) to make some decisions when their son is in his care in the same way that she's qualified to make some decisions when their son is in her care (like who she will date and when she will introduce that man to their son). Then there are some decisions, like medical care decisions or (semi-)permanent decisions, that ought to be made by both parents. Unless the order says otherwise (on all counts).
If she is unreasonable about giving time to your DP without an order and the issue ends up in court, the unreasonableness may come back to bite her in the tush. It's in her best interest (not to mention their son's best interest) to facilitate quality time with each with dad and mom. It's really hard to convince a judge that you want your son to spend quality time with his father when in practice you don't freely encourage it or perhaps even prevent it. That's why, even when things seem like they are going well, it's worth keeping a log. Hope you'll never need it and can burn it when your DP's son turns 18. But otherwise a good safety net to have for now. Keep it in a safe place where the son will never find it.
The process of establishing parental rights is long, expensive, stressful, and mostly something I wouldn't wish upon anyone. But it's necessary if both parties can't cooperate/be reasonable. From what you're describing, I would at least start interviewing lawyers and thinking about what you want to do, even if you don't file anything or pay a retainer yet. Once you get through it and have a parenting agreement/order, you have something to lean back on instead of just fear of making mom mad. Not sure of your state, but in mine, the existence of the ordered parenting time means DH's ex cannot up and move more than 50 miles away without written approval from DH or a court order (relief from the fear of DSD being taken even farther away with no means of recourse). If she's willing to be reasonable about it, your DP and the ex can write up an agreement and have a lawyer help you get the court to approve (i.e. enforce) it. This would be the best way, so some overworked judge (no offense to the judges intended) doesn't decide your fate, but it assumes that it's possible for DH and his ex to agree on something. Don't do any of this without a lawyer (and I don't mean the ex's lawyer), especially if you do end up in court, no matter how much you think you can handle it on your own.
I have never "met" my DSD's mom in the interview--much less chummy, talkative buddies--sense. It's kindof like a business. We're not friends, never will be, but while we're in the office we are polite enough and do what is necessary to get the job done. We've been at school functions together. We've sat in the waiting room at DSD's therapy sessions alone together. She's informed me about what vitamin to give DSD. After a few years of being with DH, I've even picked up DSD from her mom's a couple times. But that's that. All communications (no matter how much better I think I could say it or smooth things over or think I'm more right) go through DH. It's not my child, and despite the fact that I would go to great lengths for her, there are some things that just aren't my role to fill. With whatever I do as it pertains to DSD, and with whatever support I give DH, I always think about how what I'm about to do/advise will be received; how would I feel if the roles were reversed? This makes DH kindof agitated (like when I say I can see where she's coming from, even though I think she's wrong) but it keeps me grounded, focused on DSD, and helps make good choices. I consider that to make her and I "close enough."
P.S. My DH's ex turned awful awful awful once she found out he was seriously dating, and filed court motions for him to have no parenting time (not on the basis of anything to do with me). Yes, really. Like Aricha, I kept myself sparse when she was around, yet once DH's ex figured it out, she behaved very jealous-like (not so much of me, but of the things and security that being a "we" offered him I think). I certainly can't say your DP's ex would do the same, but if your DP is afraid of his ex withholding time with their son if DP makes her unhappy, and thinks that her knowing he's dating would make her unhappy, I don't blame him for avoiding the topic because to him, unhappy mom means risk of not seeing son. He might need to let her know some minimal amount of detail (like that he has a GF who is wonderful and son likes, but not much more) and he could use all your support in helping get through that somewhat scary task instead of criticism for how he's done it wrong. Just be as supportive as you can going forward even when you think he, her, or both, are wrong. Good luck on this rocky road. :-)
ETA: Didn't mean to sound all negative. Kudos to you for willingly heading into this, and for obviously caring enough to go on a forum and find people to talk to about it.
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You find it reasonable and acceptable that his ex would refuse overnight visits.
Does that stem from a theory that it's "wrong", or confusing, for a 5-year-old to spend the night with a parent who's living with someone he's not married to and whom the child doesn't know well? I.e., seeing your Dad and Rachel go to their bedroom and watching Rachel make breakfast in her PJs, differs from just spending the day with Daddy and Rachel at "Daddy's" house. Plus, until you guys marry, you haven't officially committed to staying together. His son could get attached to you as a step-mother and - theoretically - he could lose you. And it's already a lot for a little kid to process that his parents didn't stay together, without reinforcing the idea that marriages and families are temporary, by making him experience a revolving door of step-mother-figures. Understand, I'm not saying you and your BF aren't committed to each other, I'm just saying this is one theory for resisting overnights when the noncustodial parent is living with someone.
This could be what the Mom is thinking. And it's by no means outlandish, from her perspective. She doesn't know you, or anything about your relationship with her ex. You guys have already broken up once. You're only just now getting back together and you're moving in without any sort of test period for rekindling the relationship. In her shoes, I'd be worried that my kid would think you're his step-Mom and then you guys would break up again and you'd disappear. But if you assume this is what she's thinking, it seems unfair to blame it all on your BF or to try to commiserate with her about how badly he's handled things. You are also making the choice to live together immediately.
In fact, you really have a quandary on your hands. You oppose the idea of a man putting his GF above his kid. And you see that he's devastated about not getting overnights. But if he follows through on letting you move in, he WILL be prioritizing you over his kid, if the "shacking up" is what's standing in the way of his ex agreeing to overnights. It is, of course, resolvable. Few courts these days will penalize a non-custodial parent for "living in sin", like they might have, a generation ago. With some effort, your BF could force overnights. Or he could suffer through for a while, as his kid AND his ex get comfortable with the situation, then start overnights later. But if you have a rigid code of ethics - that already made you break up with him once, more-or-less for lying to his ex - then it will continue to bother you if he accepts not having overnights, so he can have you there. You can try to rationalize around this, but the unavoidable truth is that he could have overnights with his kid right away, but only by denying you what you need (to be able to share expenses).
Quandaries like that are tough! I'm not trying to downplay it, or judge you. But I see you asking for advice right before you actually fly out there and commit to this arrangement. Sometimes when we feel uncertain about something, it's because we know we're not doing the right thing, but we haven't figured out what the heck else we can do, instead. If that IS what's going on in your head, all I can say is that one rarely regrets inconveniencing themselves to figure out a way to do the right thing; but one usually regrets doing the wrong thing because it was convenient.
That said, if you believe it's just fine for single parents to expose kids to their live-in relationships - and if you feel sure that's NOT what's bothering Mom (let's say she's shacking up with someone, herself, as we speak)... if Mom is withholding overnights out of pure spite because her ex has a GF, that's a whole different thing!!! If she is that type of person, it may be perfectly reasonable for your BF to choose to keep his personal life to himself. For all you know, she might have reacted with the same spite whenever he told her about you, and cut off visitation long ago, interfering with his bonding with his child. It is one thing to withhold parenting time because you have a genuine concern about what your child's being exposed to. It's quite another - and indefensible - to withhold it just because you're mad at your ex; because he lied to you; whatever.
When people separate/divorce, they have NO entitlement to veto each other's new partners, or to decide when the kids will meet those partners. She gets to decide what's she thinks is best about her relationships and your BF gets to decide what HE thinks is best about his. SOME couples - who communicate well - might go the extra mile and get some sort of blessing from each other, about this. But that is voluntary, and contingent upon a basic level of trust that neither one will take advantage of the other's openness and use it to undercut, sabotage or punish them. If your BF's ex has trampled on that trust in the past, then you should give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he is handling his ex the best way he can, knowing her much better than you do.
If you can't give him the benefit of the doubt, then what do you really think of him? Are you sure he is a wise, admirable and good person that you want to be with for the rest of your life?
No good can come from trying to make nice with her, by cutting him down. It will not make her like you one iota more. In fact, it might make her wonder about the strength of your relationship, if as soon as you move back in with him, you're criticizing him to his ex-wife. And it will only make him feel like you've betrayed and shamed him. If you feel he deserves betrayal and shame, you should not be moving in with him.
One woman in a house full of men: my soul mate: or... twin sons:(HS seniors) ... step-son: (a sophomore) ... our little man: (a first grader) ... and there is another female in the house, after all: our.
If after meeting me she still has reservations I will do anything, within reason, to make her feel comfortable...I can understand her having an issue with the whole not wanting him to walk in on us in the bedroom thing and us not being married and such. He and I have talked about getting married in the past but there are reasons we aren't going there right now. One is because we have things to work out before going there...Plus it is possible his son and I would not get along. I want to make absolutely sure we are doing the right thing before getting married. I wish I had thought things through this much with my ex-husband.
I read this after my other post.
Listen to what you're saying. You do think it's reasonable for a kid not to be exposed to his parent living with someone outside marriage. You're not sure your relationship will work out and become a marriage. You hope it will, but you're not sure. But you're going to move in with him anyway, not date first and find out if the relationship will work. This sounds like mostly a decision of financial convenience and not because you're sure it's the right thing to do right now, considering all the relationships. And you imagine that this woman - who was not even told that your BF was dating you, for 3 years - will believe that you will spend the night elsewhere when her son is over (if you are just nice enough, when you guys make that proposal). You probably are in earnest about that, but this woman does not know you. Even if you are super-nice and non-confrontational when you meet her, she still doesn't know you, except that you have dated a man she doesn't think much of, you broke up with him, and now you're going to move in with him immediately upon getting back together.
You are trying hard to rationalize that the living arrangement most convenient to you can also accommodate the relationship your BF wants - and that YOU want him to have - with his son. But it can't. If Mom is genuinely concerned about appropriateness, she will not back down from that just because you - a stranger - or your BF (whom she doesn't like or trust) promise you will couch-surf somewhere, during his overnight visits. If jealousy, bitterness and being punitive are her real motivations, it won't matter what you promise, she will withhold overnights as she threatened, to get back at your BF for having you in his life.
Your BF used to have a relationship with - and fathered a child with - this woman. You have never even met her. And yet you have convinced yourself you know how she feels, what she thinks and how she will react to things better than he does. This is not wise thinking. He feels it's not safe to tell her more than absolutely necessary about his personal life. He expects her to use things against him and use his access to his child, to punish him. There is history that makes him expect that. No matter how wonderful your personality, you are not going to make her different, nor change the dynamics between your BF and her.
If she were threatening to withhold overnights unless he breaks up with you, that should not be tolerated. He cannot allow her to dictate whether he moves on with his life or not. But if she only wants to withhold overnights if he's shacking up with someone he doesn't KNOW that he'll marry - and you agree that kids shouldn't be exposed to that - then he has a very basic choice to make: Give up overnights with his kid indefinitely; or not move you in until you guys make a solid commitment. And you believe he should prioritize his kid, over his girlfriend. You're not wrong.
One woman in a house full of men: my soul mate: or... twin sons:(HS seniors) ... step-son: (a sophomore) ... our little man: (a first grader) ... and there is another female in the house, after all: our.
I never said I agreed with her. I said I can understand if she had an issue with it. Just like I can understand people's possible feelings about a lot of things I don't agree with. For example I can understand why someone would have an abortion even if I wouldn't do it myself. My dad dated a lot when I was a kid and moved in with a woman when I was a kid that he never married. It didn't damage me. So no I don't agree.
Also we lived together for 2 years already and we have only been apart for a little over a month. So it isn't like we need to date again before I move back in. I could have stayed in Texas and had a job already plus I have some money saved up so I am really not moving back for financial reasons. I am moving back because I want to be with him. If I just wanted to be back in California and not with him I would go move in with my mom who lives in a different town in California.
I have no idea why I am explaining myself to you. I actually don't care much about what you think of the overall situation because it is going to happen. I am moving back. I just wanted advice on what to say or not to say to the woman. The only reason I explained the situation in the first place is because I thought it would help to know.
I never said I agreed with her. I said I can understand if she had an issue with it. Just like I can understand people's possible feelings about a lot of things I don't agree with. For example I can understand why someone would have an abortion even if I wouldn't do it myself. My dad dated a lot when I was a kid and moved in with a woman when I was a kid that he never married. It didn't damage me. So no I don't agree.
Also we lived together for 2 years already and we have only been apart for a little over a month. So it isn't like we need to date again before I move back in. I could have stayed in Texas and had a job already plus I have some money saved up so I am really not moving back for financial reasons. I am moving back because I want to be with him. If I just wanted to be back in California and not with him I would go move in with my mom who lives in a different town in California.
I have no idea why I am explaining myself to you. I actually don't care much about what you think of the overall situation because it is going to happen. I am moving back. I just wanted advice on what to say or not to say to the woman. The only reason I explained the situation in the first place is because I thought it would help to know.
And I'm not judging you - sorry if it comes across that way. Like I said, I believe this would be a very difficult situation for you - or me, or anyone - to navigate.
Even if you don't agree with your BF's ex, you seem to be saying that her reason for resisting overnights IS because you guys aren't married. You have somewhere else you could live, but you want to live with him, even though doing so will keep him from having overnights. Your BF is choosing you, over overnight visits with his son. You said you don't think fathers should prioritize GFs over their kids, and that you would never ask him to do that. Therefore, looking in from the outside, it seems certain that the situation you're moving into will prove troubling to you. It sounds like you're doing something that meets your wants, but is at odds with your priorities and the needs of your BF and his son.
It isn't important what I think. I'm reflecting what you have said you think.
As far as what to say to the ex... For someone rekindling a relationship, you sound surprisingly willing to throw your BF under the bus, telling his ex how badly you think he's screwed up and that you understand why she'd threaten to withhold overnights because of it (although you'd like to change her mind). You are really inflating how bad it was of him, not to tell his hostile ex about his personal life. We often magnify the significance of others' perceived faults and mistakes, when we want to avoid thinking about whether we ourselves are making a mistake.
You should say very little to her. This isn't your negotiation. It's your BF's.
One woman in a house full of men: my soul mate: or... twin sons:(HS seniors) ... step-son: (a sophomore) ... our little man: (a first grader) ... and there is another female in the house, after all: our.
I don't understand why he doesn't go to court and have a parenting agreement established so that he doesn't have to go through all of this drama. I can't find one legitimate cause for concern about your situation, besides the past you have hinted about. He is his son's father, and all of this about his girlfriend is nonsense. He's not obligated to tell his ex he has a girlfriend! Why should he? He's been going to meet his son for visitation in another town, without you. Why on earth should he have told her about you?
In my state, it's not that hard to get a court ordered parenting agreement- you just go to mediation and fill one out. Your boyfriend has been paying regular support and having regular visitation for such a long time, he would be entitled to visitation in my state, even if he wasn't the father of the child. Just get the process started, and keep a log of visitation. If she denies visitation, just write it down. It will not help her in front of a judge if she is denying access to her son because she doesn't want her ex to live with his girlfriend of three years. For crying out loud, people live together all the time without getting married. They have girlfriends/boyfriends and break up, and after that they still parent their kids. It's sad, and no-one wants to put a kid through serial step parents, but it's not the mark of a bad parent! It's not confusing to a kid for their dad to have a girlfriend. My ex has a girlfriend, and my kids have never shown the least concern about it.
Sorry to rant, I guess I just don't get what the fuss is about.
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Joss Pearson, who has edited Cribs for Victory, is the daughter of Neil Webster, a liaison officer between signals intelligence and cryptographers working in Hut 6, who wrote one of the history volumes under Birch's direction in 1945. She fills in much of the detail about Bletchley Park structures and activities in an informative book based on a text her father wrote in 1985. Security clearance for the publication of this well-organised first-hand account was only granted in 2010, more than 20 years after Webster's death. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between signals intelligence, a broader concept than traffic analysis, and cryptography. It supplements, but does not replace, James Thirsk's Bletchley Park: An Inmate's Story (2008). Having worked at Bletchley Park myself, I like the word 'inmate'.
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When we heard Perez Hilton was posing for a PETA campaign, we got worried.
It's bad enough for that organization to waste money on celebrity endorsements (over actually saving animals), but its posters usually feature the naked bodies of D-listers such as Joanna Krupa and Alicia Silverstone.
We've eaten in the last six weeks, so the last thing we wanna see is Perez Hilton nude. Fortunately, the self-serving blogger didn't take his advertisement that far - but we still can't help but wonder what purpose the image below serves.
Based on Hilton's reputation, seal clubbing may very well rise in Canada after our friends up north see who is against it.
Perez Hilton wants to save the seals. Based on his resemblance to this species, we can understand why.
@robsessed- well said.
It's a good cause people
i think its never wrong to support a good cause
For those of you that don't who oppose the seal hunt but don't know how to read or do research on your own. It was proposed for the sealers to stop the use of hakapiks (only 5% are clubbed in one area) to club seals. All of a sudden HSUS did an about face and said that they didn't want the hakapik banned because it was more effective than rifles to kill seals. Come on now, what do you guys all want? The problem is that you without the hakapik you wouldn't be able to cry to your donors for money using the image of a club. Wake up and do some research before you hand over a blank check that really is used to pay salaries.
I truly hope this is the last post about perez hilton. he's pathetic.
As much as perez hilton helps out with charities, the crap he pulls and the negativity that surrounds him - i don't think anything is genuine about him, including his charity work. it's all a pull towards attention on him
I used to read the website, but i got so sick of his hypocritical posts (he posted that michael jackson was faking sickness so he could postpone the tour, when really he was dead. perez then retracked that post, acting like he never said that... coward)
You're just jealous that his website is SO much better then yours and gets more hits then yours ever will.
Way to go Gossip Gangsta, save those precious baby seals. ;)
I'm not American.....thank god.
B/c where I'm from, we don't base someone worth on what "list" they're on....D-list or not....these models for PETA are doing a hell of al ot more then what YOU give out to the world.
You Americans (not all, but people like you who write this blog) pass judgement on people for caring about something else other then yoga...it's pathetic.
here's some pointers, Get some healthcare, pull out of the war, stop killing the worlds ecomomy and then just go away.
You are the laughing stock of the world, well you don't only get laughs, you get pity as well.
No matter WHAT you think about Perez, LOVE him or HATE him, it's your choice, but at least he is CONSTANTLY getting news out there to help with different charities and organizations. He actually has a heart, no matter what people may think. I think it's such Bull$hit that people would judge someone using their name to help raise awareness to try and stop a very cruel act toward the seals, among other charities he promotes on his site. He may talk a lot of $hit, but at least he uses his fame to try and make the world a better place. So maybe people should shut the hell up!
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08.08.06 - By MICHAEL KLIMES -- The 1970 vs. 1980s - 1980 was an interesting year for the United States and the world. Jimmy Carters Presidency begun to enter the sludge over his weak handling of the Iranian Hostage Crisis, Ayatollah Khomeini and Saddam Hussein started offering their opposing visions for the Middle East, which capitulated them into the Iran-Iraq War that lasted for eight bloody years. Hussein saw himself as the champion of Pan Arabism in a secular format and his generations Nasser while Khomeini offered a religious theocracy for Iran with a very conservative interpretation of Islam. The economic wellbeing of the United States was slightly haphazard, like it was in Britain, as both countries were still experiencing some of the economic hardships of the 1970s.
Boxing was in an equal position as some of the stars from the 1970s like Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Alexis Arguello still had some of their finest moments to be played out in an era that ushered in some new traits and eccentricities that every decade does. Pop music, once again, went to conquer a global audience with Madonna, Prince, Kylie Minogue, George Michael and of course Michael Jackson. Led Zeppelin had expired their sell by date in 1980 and so had the Sex Pistols..
Similarly a new breed of young and hungry American fighters were looking to take back boxing from the Latin Americans who had so dominated the previous ten years. We have already mentioned Duran, Arguello and Benitez, what about Monzon, Cerventes, Gomez and Zarate? The new wave of Americans were led by Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvellous Marvin Hagler, Tommy The Hitman Hearns and Aaron Hawk Pryor. They were all great fighters and became legends. Once again, the U.S.A was the superpower of the sweet science.
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Magnetism attracts opposites, if you take potassium and throw it into water there is a savage chemical reaction. The first fight between Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard was such a meeting of combustibles. It remains, arguably, the most stunning welterweight slugfest of all time and it had all the ingredients to make a classic recipe and it turned out just as it was hyped, a rare occurrence in any sport.
So what were the ingredients? Duran entered the arena with seventy one victories and one defeat. He had been the undisputed lightweight champion for seven long years (1972-1979) after he beat the brilliant Scotsman Ken Buchanan. The adept counter-puncher could find no answer for Durans rampaging ring violence. He subsequently made twelve title defences; two of those were against his considerable contemporary, Esteban De Jesus, who was an outstanding fighter himself. De Jesus has never been given the correct appreciation and his Duran Syndrome is highly similar to Ricardo Valdezs (the rival of the infamous Carlos Monzon) Monzon Syndrome. If both had not been in the lunar eclipses of their towering rivals, they would have been the towers themselves.
Duran, as great a fighter as he was needed to be cautious of Leonard. Although, Leonard was only twenty four years of age compared to Durans twenty nine, a very young champion in only his second title defence, the former 1976 Olympic Gold Medallist had some very fine accomplishments to his name. He had annexed the championship from the Puerto Rican sensation Wilfred Benitez. Benitez was and still holds the record for the youngest ever world champion, he won his first title at the tender age of seventeen and was a two time weight holder in his twenty one years when he squared off against the Sugar Man. He had been held to a draw in just thirty nine of his bouts.
Leonards first defence was a significant display of punching power against the formidable English contender, Dave Boy Green. I dont know how much Green is remembered now but he gave the former Mexican welterweight champion, Carlos Palomino all he could handle in a closeted classic in 1977. Green exhibited a relentless body punching, freakish stamina and a wonderful chin. One might see him as a ghost of Ricky Hatton in that respect. Palomino was just one of those typical bad asses who casually soaked up Greens nuclear arsenal of hooks and uppercuts and just threw it back at him with a First Strike. By the eleventh round, Green was on the canvas unconscious and left empty handed after his valiant effort.
Leonard shredded Green in just four rounds. What made Leonard such a dangerous appointment for Duran and vice versa was that neither had really seen such a complete package beforehand. Leonard was just a shorter version of Muhammad Ali and filled out Howard Cosells prophecy mapped out for him. His speed, footwork, charisma, looks and arrogance saturated him in rolls of fat. It was not a surprise that so many people were envious of Leonards incredible qualities. I also think (maybe controversially) that probably he was a slightly better combination puncher then Ali was pound for pound. Leonards punches as single shots had more sting to them as did his combinations. Their jabs and right hands were the same, Alis right hand may have been better but Leonard was superior at throwing hooks to the body and head. His right uppercut could do damage as well but so could Alis.
Many were hoping that the fight with Duran in Montreal would prove how sturdy his chin was and his determination to win. Since then no questions have been asked.
Roberto Duran, what could and can you say about this fighter? No one ever imagined such a fighting machine would ever have existed. His left hook to the body and straight right hand were his life stretching punches and he would couple them together beautifully. Duran would throw a feinting straight right to the head of his opponent, put them off balance and attack their exposed, right side, down below. Equally, Duran had good hand speed, a wicked chin, fabulous footwork for cutting off the ring and excellent conditioning. One weak spot was his jab which was a bit of a plodder but Duran did not get onto the inside with his jab. He had a balance, positioning and reflexes that only came to the most blessed fighters. The head feint allowed him the very subtle yet beautiful art of slipping punches and his excellent waist movement in the bobbing and weaving style made Duran an extremely elusive target.
The Brawl in Montreal
Duran had two major advantages over Leonard that night, his experience (Leonard came into the fight with twenty seven victories undefeated) and that Leonard had proclaimed he would go to the trenches with Duran. This turned out to be a mistake. By the second round, Leonard had already felt the venom in Durans left hook, which staggered him. An extraordinary virtue Duran showed was an almost supernatural intensity fused with excellent control. The first round saw too much of a torrent from Duran but the Panama man regained control of his temper.
By the fourth round, Duran came out of his corner looking like a sadistic version of Sonic the Hedgehog with his spiky hair and short stature. The battle between Duran and Leonard was also a battle between their superb trainers in Ray Arcel and Freddie Brown who both were minders to Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles and Angelo Dundee that had guided Muhammad Ali.
The fight itself cannot be described. It was a war waged by two warriors at their physical peak. It was a more skilful rendition of the Thriller in Manila at the lighter weights with both slipping punches, landing bombs and grappling. In the fifteenth round, Leonard was humiliated by Durans showmanship as he made him miss a lot of punches. Duran won a close but well deserved decision.
No Mas?, November 25, 1980
Are these the two most controversial words in the history of boxing? You bet. After eight rounds Duran quit to the astonishment of the boxing universe in his rematch, which was in New Orleans where Sugar Ray Leonard gave a masterful boxing performance. Duran looked unusually subdued. The major difference in their physical frames was Leonard utilised his upper body to build up muscle and strength. He was considerably more chiselled compared to the first fight.
In the seventh round, he presented a mirror reflection of Ali by letting his hands drop and outclassing Duran with such ease that you could believe what you were seeing was some type of illusion. I daresay Duran landed many meaningful punches in the second chapter. After the bout Duran announced his premature retirement and claimed he had stopped because of stomach cramps. Ray Arcel was even more baffled then anyone else was and if you look at Ray Arcels credentials as a trainer prior to taking Duran under his wing, his monolithic experience and his age (he was about eighty years of age) during the rematch, it is a testament to just how significant Durans surrender was.
With such a bizarre event these things are prone to crazy conspiracy theories and there has been much speculation. I would though, go for the most simple and boring explanation. It was a combination of interlinked factors. In the second fight Leonard was intelligent and used his superb ring generalship to out manoeuvre and out punch Duran. In the second round, Leonard stung Duran into a fury with his right hands. Duran did not have the discipline of the first fight while Leonards confidence just grew. By Leonards nauseatingly cheeky smile and his upper body strength, he had the ability to overpower Duran in the clinches, whether on the ropes or in the centre of the ring. It probably just comes down to the issue of styles. In the first Duran was allowed to fight in his style and had the crucial psychological edge. Leonard was able to do the opposite in New Orleans.
I think Durans excuse of stomach cramps was rubbish even though an ice bucket was placed over his stomach at the end of the seventh round. When Cosell interviewed Arcel after the bout he said, Duran never told me he had stomach cramps. There were the predictable rumours of a fix, drug taking, Duran not making the weight (nonsensical because both weighed 146 pounds) and then there was an idea Duran gorged too much food after the weigh in but that is ridiculous because fighters will eat a lot of food to regain their strength just before a fight. It is a normal procedure.
Cosell asked Durans doctor (at an ABC press conference after the fight) Mr Nunez, if Duran had been prescribed diuretics and Nunez seemed somewhat shy, maybe even suspiciously so. He said that Duran did not need diuretics because his sodium levels were good, his potassium levels were good and that diuretics are only prescribed to an athlete if there are problems with the digestive system. Simultaneously, Nunez claimed he did not interfere with Durans diet but he wanted too, which seems to be unprofessional. If there were problems with Durans weight due to problems in his preparation then Duran or at least somebody in his camp had to bear responsibility for it. Cosell concluded, We will probably never know what happened.
Durans retreat was a shock but in context there have been other shocks in boxing and Duran was in a situation he knew he could not win. By the eighth round Duran went from fury to bewilderment. Leonard had become a riddle he could not solve and so he quit because he could not stand the humiliation. I believe it is as simple as that.
Now contextualise No Mas. It was a shock when George Foreman was defeated by Muhammad Ali, it was a shock when George Foreman blew away Joe Frazier, it was a shock when Edre Jofre came out of retirement and became a featherweight and super featherweight in his late thirties, no one expected Joe Calzaghe to annihilate Jeff Lacy and no one thought Nigel Benn would comeback after his hammering from Gerald Mcllenan. Surprises are parts of boxing and it is astounding how selective peoples memories are.
Leonard was the matador of the bull and was the better fighter that night but still he, at the time, did not receive the credit for the victory and one could understand his resentment. Duran felt ashamed of quitting and proclaimed he wanted to comeback and demonstrate he was the superior fighter to Leonard, because Leonard did not beat me but an illness, a pain beat me, and that, I am not superman, if I have pains, I will quit.
The Third Stanza
The final contest between Leonard and Duran was held in 1989, they were shadows of their former selves. It was nine years after 1980 and both of them had given their fans many examples of their undisputed wills to die. Duran came back and had superb victories over Davey Moore and Iran Barkley, became a champion in the junior middleweight and middleweight divisions. Leonard was a magician and beat Marvin Hagler, the great middleweight champion of the 1980s after five years of exile with just one fight in five years, an extraordinary feat.
Duran came into the match up with ninety two fights, four hundred and ninety seven rounds under his belt and the rare statistic of being a champion at four different weights. He had fifteen victories in championship bouts against four losses. He was thirty eight years of age and was the WBC Middleweight Champion. Sugar Ray Leonard was thirty three and had nine victories, one loss and one draw in championship contests. He was the only fighter to be a champion in five weight divisions. A more ominous statistic was he had been knocked down three times in his last two fights.
Duran was not the satanic serial killer of nine years before. He was more methodical and more of a steady counter-puncher. Leonard boxed safely at a distance and did not have the cat speed of his youth. Speed though and perception of fighters is all relative. Leonard was faster in feet and hands compared to Duran and that is what counted on his way to a comfortable points decision.
The Conclusion
Both were well past their peaks but a fan can only take their hat off to two men who wanted to roll back the years one more time. Fighters cannot accept their end and we cannot either. Great fighters make successful comebacks and defy adversity but time always has the last laugh. Leonard made a comeback too many and Duran kept on putting the miles until finally retiring in 2001 after a car crash and his fiftieth birthday.
The Duran-Leonard trilogy is not one of the all time trilogies of boxing because it, unlike Zale-Graziano, Ali-Frazier, McLarnin-Ross, Morales-Barrera and Gatti-Ward only gave us one sensational slugfest. This can be forgiven however, because Leonard and Duran did enough in their first fight. Maybe the first encounter was so vicious that it could only take place once.
An exceptionally tough question is how was the greater fighter? For my money I cannot choose but can anyone?
I welcome your comments and opinions.
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