Juanito Garcia sparred with world junior-welterweight challenger Robert Guerrero last week in Big Bear.
They were sessions in comfort, not pain.
Guerrero returned to boxing last year after a hiatus to help his wife, Casey, battle cancer.
Garcia, 25, will return to the ring Thursday night at Club Nokia after his 20-year-old fiancee, Whitney Padilla, died of bone cancer last year.
"Robert and I talked about what we've been through," Garcia said this week at trainer Abel Sanchez's Summit Boxing Club in Big Bear Lake. "Robert told me it takes a lot to get through this, and he's right."
Part of the reason Garcia stayed in boxing rather than enroll in college was his fiancee's push for him to continue in the sport despite a stunning three-fight losing streak that took the Phoenix fighter from rising prospect in 2008 to being a failing club fighter after a split-decision loss to David Rodela in June 2009 at Club Nokia.
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