By J. Arturo Contreras, notifight.com 

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico - At the final press conference Mexico's Edgar Sosa and his Japanese opponent Masafumi Okubo, were together for the first time before Saturday's match at the Arena Monterrey, where the "Iron Man" will make the first defense of his WBC flyweight international title in what will be the main event bout of the card called "Fists of Land and Freedom", which will map another chapter in the boxing history of Monterrey. The card will be broadcast by Televisa.

They went face to face and both fighters vowed victory before the press, national and international, and the promoter who organized the event, Fausto García.

Jose Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council, gave prominence to the conference and then to emphasize the virtues of each of the contenders, said Sosa is on the verge of a title fight at flyweight.

"First of all, I want to thank God for the opportunity to participate on a card which celebrates the centennial of our revolution. It is something that fills me with pride as a Mexican," Sosa said.

Looking ahead to his match against Okubo, the second Japanese rival in his career, Sosa said: "I got in great shape. I have prepared myself thoroughly because the goal is to win and next year to go for my second world title. I know that the Japanese boxers are brave fighters, who leave everything in the ring. I they are ready to die and he came well prepared."

Okubo, always very friendly, spoke very little, but was very specific: "I am ready for everything. This is the biggest fight of my life, I know Sosa, but I came to prove my strength to win ... I come to win or die. If I can, I will knock out Sosa. "

The conference was attended by Johnny Gonzalez and his Colombian rival Santos Marimon.

Johnny, who is the official challenger for the WBC featherweight title, said his fight against Marimón will have his future at stake - "I can not afford to lose. I will win by any means because otherwise my career is over. For that reason I have trained very hard, with the idea of going out with his arm up."

The Colombian, meanwhile, thanked everyone for being selected for this fight. "I came to leave everything in the ring. I know my opponent is top class, but I'm ready to make a great fight."