Mosley doping reports prompt probe by WBC
The World Boxing Council has opened an investigation of Shane Mosley after recent reports that the boxer testified under oath to taking performance-enhancing drugs in the lead-up to his 2003 title fight against Oscar De La Hoya, the New York Daily News reported in Tuesday's edition.
Nearly three months after winning the WBC junior middleweight title with his victory over De La Hoya, Mosley told a grand jury he used steroids and EPO as part of his training regimen for the fight. Mosley insists he didn't know the drugs he took were banned or illegal.
"It was a real surprise to read that Mosley has confessed that he did take those medicines, those drugs that are totally prohibited by the WBC," said the Council's president, Jose Sulaiman. "The WBC rules state that we must have a hearing."
