Zab Judah wants Sugar Shane Mosley to agree to blood testing before their non-title welterweight fight on May 31 in Las Vegas.
Mosley, who has admitted taking steroids before a 2003 bout but claims it was inadvertent, says he'll agree to any drug testing -- but his promoters are not willing to go that far.
"I think with the enhanced drugs that Mosley has taken in the past, I want [blood tests] done before and after the fight, and I want it done now," Judah said on Tuesday at a news conference to promote the fight. "Mosley is a smart guy, he's not going to do it [take drugs] right before the fight."
Mosley responded that he was ready for such testing at any time.
One of Judah's managers, Michael Shinefield, said he sent an e-mail two weeks ago to Golden Boy Promotions, which represents Mosley, calling for blood testing for both fighters. Golden Boy chief executive Richard Schaefer said he has not responded to that e-mail, but that Mosley will agree to any tests required by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
The Nevada commission requires urine testing of fighters immediately after bouts, but does not require blood tests. Drug experts differ over whether blood tests are more effective than urine tests at detecting some performance-enhancing drugs.
"Our inspectors aren't qualified or licensed to draw blood," Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission, said in a telephone interview. "If they want to do any other type of test, that's up to them, they're free to do that."
Last year, Mosley acknowledged using steroids before a bout against Oscar De La Hoya in 2003, but said the use was unintentional. Mosley testified in 2003 before the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative grand jury.
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