Some boxers call for pre-, post-fight drug tests

The buildup to prize fights traditionally has included boasts, staredowns and preening. Now, in a sign of the times, the pre-fight buzz includes an additional element: A call for drug testing.

Zab Judah wants Sugar Shane Mosley to agree to blood testing before their non-title welterweight fight 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.

Judah said Tuesday in New York at a news conference to promote the fight that he wants Mosley to agree to have both fighters submit to blood tests now, right before the fight and after the fight.

"I think with the enhanced drugs that Mosley has taken in the past," Judah said, "I want it done before and after the fight, and I want it done now. 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. "We can test every week or whatever, as long as they test him as well. Not just for steroids, but for other drugs," Mosley said.