Jantuah gets shot: Longtime contender Kofi Jantuah -- who knocked Rubio cold in the first round in September 2004 -- has accepted an offer to go to Germany to face middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham on May 13, Jantuah promoter Lou DiBella told ESPN.com.
Jantuah (30-2, 19 KOs), of Ghana and based in Las Vegas, has been a longtime junior middleweight contender but moved up to middleweight for his last fight in December.
In his only previous world title fight, Jantuah lost a decision to then-junior middleweight titlist Kassim Ouma in January 2005.
DiBella is happy to see his fighter get another opportunity.
"I think any time you can get your fighter an opportunity, you have to be happy about it and this is an opportunity," DiBella said. "We all know Kofi can punch and we were moving him to 160 anyway because that is where the action is. Kofi has a great chance to win. He's one of those guys who is live against anybody."