In front of an electric atmosphere at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, the home of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, it was the the warriors of the ring that heated up the arena on a day where the outdoor temperature alread reached triple digits. In the main event of Showtime's latest edition of ShoBox, local favorite and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward put his NABF Super Middleweight title on the line in his biggest test to date against hard-punching Colombian Edison Miranda. Ward set the tempo in the opening round as he carefully worked circles around Miranda while picking his shots and avoiding possible danger. The early momentum prompted Miranda to come out more aggressive in round two, however, Ward would time Miranda with shots as the round wore on and Andre had established a rythym. Similar to an Olympic style bout, he was looking to land and score.

The pattern continued for the first four rounds, but Miranda's continued aggression allowed him to score more. Although he was not winning, he was still dangerous. Round five would see Ward switch to southpaw and land several straight lefts and uppercuts that got the crowd on thier feet chanting "S.O.G.!!!" As the rounds wore on, Minda got more desperate, leading to numerous heavy misses that Ward was able to avoid and counter from. Miranda's aggression possibly gave him round six, but Ward stepped up the pace to start the second half of the bout.

Towards the end of the 8th round, the bout was looking one-sided in favor of the local pride. Ward finished the fight the younger, quicker fighter as Miranda looked amateurish. In the end, the hometown crowd left satisfied as Ward earned a unanamous decision. Scores where 116-112 and 119-19 (twice). For Miranda, who drops to 32-4, 28 KO's, it may be a long road back to a big opportunity if he decides to hit the comeback trail. For Ward, although impressive and despite passing his biggest test, the jury may still be out as to whether or not he is an elite fighter. Andre improves to 19-0, 12 KO's.

In the nights opening television bout, West Covina and teamsters sponsored John John Molina earned the biggest win of his career with a second round TKO stoppage of normally durable New Mexican Frankie Archuleta. Molina stunned Archuleta early. A follow-up barrage floored Frankie, who rose up, but seemed unwilling to continue. The bout was quickly stopped, which prompted loud boo's from the audience as it was a bizzare ending to what was set to be an exciting bout. Molina improves to 17-0, 13 KO's, while Archuleta drops to 25-7-1, 14 KO's.

In the opening bout of the night, East Los Angeles and 2008 Olympic alumni Shawn Estrada improved to 6-0, 6 KO's with his 5th first round knockout, this time at the 1:31 mark, over Brooklyn's Cory Jones. The two fighters exchanged blows against the ropes and Estrada landed a clean right hand that dropped Jones. A follow-up barrage forced the stoppage. Estrada's management (Bravos Boxing) will be looking to step up the competition in June. Ironically, Estrada was due to be tested on this night against original opponent Tony Hirsch, a former Oakland Raider. Hirsch, an Andre Ward stablemate, was set to perform in front of his hometown and in front of various Oakland Raiders, including Jamarcus Russell, but a shoulder injury forced him to pull out.

The nights second bout featured good toe-to-toe action as Cincinatti's Mel Crossty stayed unbeaten after surviving a scare from Reno's Jaime Rodriguez, who had an inspired effort. It was the speed of Crossty versus the power shots of Rodriguez. In the end, one judge scored 39-37 for Crossty while the other two judges scored the bout even 38-38 for a majority draw. Crossty is now 3-0-1, 1 KO and Rodriguez is now 4-4-3.

In the first of two swing bouts after the Showtime cameras were turned off, unbeaten super bantamweight Rico Ramos improved to 10-0, 6 KO's with a third round TKO of Trinidad Mendoza, who falls to 24-21-2. Time of the stoppage was 1:57. It was a questionable stoppage, but Ramos was dominating the action and Mendoza didn't seem to find any answers.

The night ended with local favorite, and one of the best amateurs ever to come out of the Bay Area, welterweight Karim Mayfield, who did not dissappoint as he beat the most experienced opponent of his young career with a stoppage at 1:12 of the second round over Roberto Valenzuela, who dropped to 49-47-2. Mayfield improves to 9-0-1, 6 KO's.