Kofi Jantuah (born 16 June 1974) is a Ghanaian professional boxer that fights at middleweight. He was born in Kumasi, Ghana and now lives in Las Vegas.[1]
Kofi fought Kassim Ouma for the IBF light middleweight world title, where he lost by unanimous decision.[2]
Kofi fought Arthur Abraham for the IBF middleweight world title, where he lost by unanimous decision.[3]
Kofi has fought Dmitry Pirog, Daniel Santos, Donny McCrary, Jaime Manuel Gomez, and Marco Antonio Rubio with wins against Santos, McCrary, and Rubio.[4]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | More | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Loss | 32–4–1 |  Dmitry Pirog | UD | 12 | 26 Jun 2009 | |||
| 37 | Win | 32–3–1 |  Ricardo Manuel Genero | TKO | 4 (10), | 16 Aug 2008 |  | ||
| 36 | Draw | 31–3–1 | Ruben Diaz | PTS | 12 | 23 Nov 2007 | |||
| 35 | Win | 31–3 |  Delray Raines | KO | 2 (8), | 7 Apr 2007 | | ||
| 34 | Loss | 30–3 | Arthur Abraham | UD | 12 | 13 May 2006 | |||
| 33 | Win | 30–2 | Donny McCrary | RTD | 3 (8), | 3 Dec 2005 | | ||
| 32 | Win | 29–2 |  Hicklet Lau | UD | 10 | 17 Sep 2005 | | ||
| 31 | Loss | 28–2 |  Kassim Ouma | UD | 12 | 29 Jan 2005 | | ||
| 30 | Win | 28–1 |  Marco Antonio Rubio | KO | 1 (12), | 18 Sep 2004 | | ||
| 29 | Win | 27–1 | Anthony Bowman | TKO | 4 (8), | 17 Jun 2004 | | ||
| 28 | Win | 26–1 | Leon Pearson | TKO | 7 (8) | 27 Mar 2004 | | ||
| 27 | Win | 25–1 |  Marcos Primera | KO | 1 (10), | 24 Oct 2003 | | ||
| 26 | Win | 24–1 | Robert Kamya | KO | 7 (10), | 8 Aug 2003 | | ||
| 25 | Win | 23–1 |  Jose Luis Rodrigues | KO | 1 (8), | 24 May 2003 | | ||
| 24 | Win | 22–1 | Bobby Heath | TKO | 8 (10), | 2 Feb 2002 | | ||
| 23 | Loss | 21–1 | Jaime Manuel Gómez | TKO | 10 (10), | 30 Jun 2001 | | ||
| 22 | Win | 21–0 |  Ojay Abrahams | 3 (8), | 7 Oct 2000 | | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–0 | Miguel Alejandro Jimenez | TKO | 5 (8), | 17 Mar 2000 | | ||
| 20 | Win | 19–0 | Gerald Reed | TKO | 3 (8), | 11 Dec 1999 | | ||
| 19 | Win | 18–0 | Giorbis Barthelemy | UD | 8 | 16 Jul 1999 | | ||
| 18 | Win | 17–0 |  Daniel Santos | TKO | 5 (10), | 7 May 1999 | | ||
| 17 | Win | 16–0 | Gilbert Eastman | TKO | 11 (12), | 6 Mar 1999 | | ||
| 16 | Win | 15–0 |  Santiago Samaniego | UD | 10 | 9 Jan 1999 | | ||
| 15 | Win | 14–0 | Daniel Mendez | PTS | 6 | 11 Dec 1998 | | ||
| 14 | Win | 13–0 |  Emiliano Valdez | 6 | 13 Nov 1998 | | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0 |  Babaloa Johnson | KO | 2 (?) | 31 Aug 1998 | | ||
| 12 | Win | 11–0 |  Stefan Scriggins | TKO | 1 (12), | 1 Nov 1997 | | ||
| 11 | Win | 10–0 | Adona Zeba | KO | 2 (?) | 28 Dec 1996 | | ||
| 10 | 9–0 | Abraham Tetteh | NC | 10 (10) | 30 Nov 1996 | | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | George Ahlijah Foreman | KO | 8 (?) | 30 Sep 1996 | | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Nii Hammond | PTS | 8 | 3 Aug 1996 | | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Marciano Commey | PTS | 12 | 25 Feb 1995 | | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Sam Akromah | PTS | 12 | 5 Nov 1994 | | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Sam Akromah | PTS | 8 | 30 Apr 1994 | | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Joseph Lartey | 2 (?) | 6 Feb 1994 | | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Eben Laryea | 2 (?) | 6 Nov 1993 | | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Sully Nguah | PTS | 6 | 8 Aug 1993 | | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Isaac Nyarko | 6 | 3 Jul 1993 | |
Kofi is the former holder of the Ghanaian light welterweight title, Commonwealth (British Empire) welterweight title, and the WBC International light middleweight title.[4]
Dmitry Pirog upon his retirement, when asked about his toughest opponent, recalled Jantuah fight as the most difficult:[5]