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That which did not kill Abraham Perez, he steadfastly believes, has made him stronger.

On Saturday, 260 days after he nearly drowned in his family鈥檚 swimming pool and 257 days after emerging from a coma at University of New Mexico Hospital, Perez is scheduled to resume a highly promising career as a professional boxer.

It was an eventuality he never doubted, he said, even as he lay in a hospital bed barely able to move 鈥� muscles atrophied, ribs broken by his sister鈥檚 desperate application of CPR, anemic from blood loss when a life-saving tube inserted in his throat inflicted a cut on the way down, his heart weakened, his lungs impaired.

Yet, just eight days after losing consciousness while doing underwater breathing control exercises, Perez was back in his family鈥檚 gym on Edith SE. Yes, he had to take the steps up to the front door one at a time, with breaks in between. And yes, he had to crawl, not climb, into the ring, pulling himself under the bottom rope.

But there he was.

鈥淭hat was me pushing it,鈥� Perez, 25, said in a recent interview at the gym before a training session in preparation for his return bout against Mexico鈥檚 Jose Roriguez Montemayor. 鈥淏eing determined and saying no to no.鈥�

Physically, Perez said, he has long since made a complete recovery 鈥� so much so that doctors had cleared him to fight on a card in January that failed to materialize. The heart that had stopped beating is once again strong. The lungs are fine, potassium, iron, etc., all fine.

鈥淚鈥檝e been sparring, and I鈥檓 doing very good in sparring,鈥� he said. 鈥淢y reflexes, my reactions, my timing, everything is still there. But sparring is different than fighting.鈥�

When the incident happened, Perez was eight days away from what would have been the biggest fight of his career 鈥� a scheduled 10-round bout against fellow Albuquerque unbeaten Matt Griego- Ortega on a nationally televised (ESPN) card at Tingley Coliseum.

But while it will have been 270 days after the near-drowning on Saturday, it will have been almost 13 months since his last fight.

Accordingly, Aaron Perez, co-promoter of Saturday鈥檚 card and (by the way) Abraham鈥檚 father, is not putting his son in the ring against an opponent with the r茅sum茅 of a Matt Griego-Ortega. Montemayor, a late replacement for an originally announced opponent who is said to have backed out, has a listed record of 7-9. He does have six wins by knockout.

The bout is scheduled for eight rounds, not the 10-round distance that was planned for the Griego-Ortega bout.

Perez鈥檚 training for Saturday has not strayed from the process that won him a national amateur title and victories in his first 10 pro bouts, five of those by knockout. When interviewed, he鈥檇 just returned from sparring in Colorado.

He鈥檚 experienced few aftereffects from an ordeal that, in a sense, was more harrowing for his family 鈥� not knowing whether their son/brother would ever wake from the coma 鈥� than for him. He remembers nothing from the day of the incident and says even the preceding two weeks are hazy.

鈥淎nd then while I was in the coma, you know how people see things? I didn鈥檛 see anything. It was just black. It was just peaceful.

鈥淲hen I woke up is when everything started hurting. The (first) thing that came back to me was that I had a fight that week.鈥�

The Griego-Ortega fight, of course, didn鈥檛 happen 鈥� though perhaps it will in the future.

Perez鈥檚 superb fighter鈥檚 conditioning, which undoubtedly played a role in his survival, helped him rapidly regain his strength.

On the Tuesday after his discharge on Aug. 9, a physical therapist came to his home. The therapist was shocked, Perez said, that he answered the door himself.

The previous day, Perez had been at the gym, shadow boxing and putting in 30 minutes on a stationary bike.

His boxing workouts, it turned out, was all the physical therapy he needed.

鈥淛ust keep doing what you鈥檙e doing,鈥� the therapist told him.

His burning desire to get back in the ring, he said, was all the mental therapy he needed.

鈥淢entally, I think I鈥檓 a lot stronger because of what happened,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 feel like not a lot of people go through (anything like) that for the love of what they do.鈥�

The only form of PTSD he鈥檚 experienced, he said, was difficulty sleeping.

鈥淚t was hard to lie down,鈥� he said, 鈥渂ecause it would feel like kind of getting submerged in water. That sucked, but eventually I got used to lying down and I鈥檝e been able to sleep a little bit more comfortably.鈥�

Has he gone back into the pool? Yes. Does he still do the breathing-control exercises, holding his breath underwater for extended periods?

鈥淵eah, of course,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 just make sure someone鈥檚 (watching).鈥�

As he prepares to resume his career, Perez expressed gratitude for those who were there for him 鈥� family, friends, fans and the doctors, nurses and paramedics who saved his life.

鈥淭hey did a damn good job,鈥� he said.

But Perez said he鈥檚 troubled by the presence, or better said, the absence, of people in his sphere who he feels have not been in his corner.

鈥淭here are people that don鈥檛 want to see you succeed at some point, and it sucks,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the kind of vibe I got from some people.鈥�

The vibe one gets from Perez, though, is pure positivity. Since the moment he awoke from the coma, there have been no doubts.

Throughout his ordeal and his recovery, he said, 鈥淚 ever had that thought like, eeeeee, maybe this is it.

鈥淚 have my health, and I have boxing to thank.鈥�