World-ranked, undefeated super middleweight Andre Ward (18-0, 12 KOs) meets hard-hitting Colombian Edison Miranda (32-3, 28 KOs) May 16 on a special Saturday primetime edition of ShoBox: The New Generation liveon SHOWTIME at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif. A victory in what most agree will be Ward's toughest test could put the talented, classy 2004 Olympic Games gold medalist in position to fight the winner of this Saturday's showdown between undefeated WBC 168-pound champion Carl Froch andformer undisputed middleweight kingpin Jerman Taylor on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Ward, who is ranked No. 2 in the WBC, one spot below Taylor, doesn't see a clear-cut favorite and expects Froch-Taylor to be a tight, competitive contest. http://fightbeat.com/news_details.php?NW=22093
Ward is a bright kid. He knows SMW has historically been dominated by Germans and Froch sounds like a German surname, so we´ll forgive him for relocating Froch to Germany and assume he´s qualified to comment.
Given his scheduling so far, maybe it shouldn't come as a surprise that Ward doesn't seem to know much about the top super middleweights.
