Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez participated in a public open media workout Monday as they continue to wind down preparations for their highly anticipated rubber match, "Final Confrontation" for the WBC super bantamweight title this Saturday, March 1, at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Vazquez-Marquez I and II produced the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007, with the second bout winning Fight of the Year and Round of the Year honors. Now the Mexican warriors face each other in the final battle for honor, pride and 122-pound supremacy on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET/PT delayed on the west coast).

Israel Vazquez: "Marquez is going to have to fight me, but I will push him around. I will put pressure on him to get him off his rhythm, to make him change his strategy. If he wants to beat me he has to fight me blow-by-blow. No other way around it. But I will not give him that opportunity. If I had revenge on my mind the second time around, you can bet that now I want to make sure that everybody knows that I am the best of the two."
Rafael Marquez: "One thing’s for sure: If either of us makes a mistake on Saturday, it will be very costly and the other will make him pay for it."