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GILROY—A little more than a year ago, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero presented 12-year-old Caley Camarillo with a miniature WBC World Title belt that made her beam from ear to ear. The belt was a symbol of Camarillo’s strength as she battled cystic fibrosis, the disease that ultimately claimed her life in June 2014.

Robert Guerrero is ready to get back in the ring.

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The pride of Gilroy, current interim WBC welterweight champion boxer Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 30, was packing more than a powerful punch Thursday morning when he was arrested at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and charged with illegally traveling with an unloaded pistol and three unloaded high-capacity bullet magazines.

You might wonder why the WBC interim welterweight boxing champion from Gilroy appears to be showing his support for a Hollister mayoral candidate on campaign signs cropping up in Hollister last week.

OAKLAND - Sitting in the dressing room in the cavernous underbelly of Oracle Arena, Gilroy's Randy Guerrero thought his turn was next on four or five different occasions. As if all the weeks of training and preparation weren't tough enough, the task of shouldering the anticipation that thickened with each passing hour, would stir any professional into a frenzy.

SAN JOSE – Doors have been closed in front of Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero as he has chased down boxing supremacy. He has found ways to fight through all of them. Opportunity knocked Saturday night and Guerrero powerfully paraded is way right through one more obstacle, coming out on the other side the WBC Interim Welterweight world champion.

Selcuk “Mini Tyson” Aydin offered a handshake to Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero as the two came face to face for the first time at a news conference Wednesday at HP Pavilion, the site of the duo's world championship bout that is just three days away.

As the anticipation grows, it remains to be seen who will have the final say when Gilroy native and five-time world champion  Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero and WBC welterweight Silver champion Selcuk “Mini Tyson” Aydin square off Saturday for the Interim WBC welterweight championship of the world at HP Pavilion.

Throughout Robert Guerrero's boxing career, the Gilroy native has had a strong supporting cast to buffer bad times and celebrate the good.