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03-27-2008, 02:51 AM
By Mark Vester
According to a report by The Los Angeles Times, Zab Judah's camp has made a formal request for Shane Mosley to take a private blood test to ensure that he is no longer taking any steroids or performance enhancing drugs. Judah will meet Mosley on May 31 in Las Vegas.
The newspaper obtained a March 13 email where Judah's promoter, Michael Shinefield, made the formal request to Golden Boy Promotions for Mosley to take a private blood test.
"We would be willing to absorb all cost associated with this test for both fighters," Shinefield wrote in the e-mail. "Please understand that this ends any and all speculation of doping by either fighter. With the fight being touted as 'High Stakes,' it's only just that every step is taken to ensure a fair fight. We hope Shane agrees!"
Judah's camp is pointing to the revelation which took place last September, where Mosley said that he "unknowingly" used then-undetectable steroids from the BALCO lab. Mosley said that Derryl Hudson, his former strength and conditioning coach, also gave him EPO, a blood-boosting drug.
Hudson recently filed a lawsuit against Mosley for defamation. He alleges that Mosley had made false statements by proclaiming to the press that he was "totally unaware that he was taking performance-enhancing substances and felt the banned substances were pushed on him by [Hudson]."
According to a report by The Los Angeles Times, Zab Judah's camp has made a formal request for Shane Mosley to take a private blood test to ensure that he is no longer taking any steroids or performance enhancing drugs. Judah will meet Mosley on May 31 in Las Vegas.
The newspaper obtained a March 13 email where Judah's promoter, Michael Shinefield, made the formal request to Golden Boy Promotions for Mosley to take a private blood test.
"We would be willing to absorb all cost associated with this test for both fighters," Shinefield wrote in the e-mail. "Please understand that this ends any and all speculation of doping by either fighter. With the fight being touted as 'High Stakes,' it's only just that every step is taken to ensure a fair fight. We hope Shane agrees!"
Judah's camp is pointing to the revelation which took place last September, where Mosley said that he "unknowingly" used then-undetectable steroids from the BALCO lab. Mosley said that Derryl Hudson, his former strength and conditioning coach, also gave him EPO, a blood-boosting drug.
Hudson recently filed a lawsuit against Mosley for defamation. He alleges that Mosley had made false statements by proclaiming to the press that he was "totally unaware that he was taking performance-enhancing substances and felt the banned substances were pushed on him by [Hudson]."