January 18
1895: Coney Island, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Tommy Ryan KO 3 Jack Dempsey ‘The Nonpareil.’ Retains title.
1907: Los Angeles, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Abe Attell KO 8 Harry Baker. Retains title.
1924: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Harry Greb W 15 Johnny Wilson. Retains title.
1932: Philadelphia, PA. World Light Welterweight Championship. Johnny Jadick W 10 Tony Canzoneri. Wins title.
1934: Jimmy Clabby dies in Calumet City, Indiana, of starvation and exposure. He was 43 years old.
1945: Ben Jordan dies in Bermondsey, London, England, at the age of 71.
1955: Sang-Hyun Kim born in Busan, South Korea.
1956: San Francisco, CA. World Featherweight Championship. Sandy Saddler KO 13 Flash Elorde. Retains title.
1962: Sao Paulo, Brazil. World Bantamweight Championship. Eder Jofre KO 10 Johnny Caldwell. Retains title.
1964: Virgil Hill born in Clinton, Missouri.
1965: Caracas, Venezuela. World Light Welterweight Championship. Carlos Hernandez W 15 Eddie Perkins. Wins title.
1967: Barney Ross dies in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 57 years old.
1986: Bangkok, Thailand. Super Bantamweight Championship. Samart Payakaroon KO 5 Lupe Pintor. Wins WBC title.
1988: Manyo Plange born in Ghana.
1992: Philadelphia, PA. WBA Welterweight Championship. Meldrick Taylor W 12 Glenwood Brown. Retains title.
1992: Philadelphia, PA. Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker W 10 Harold Brazier.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu TD 1 Leonardo Mas. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Oscar De La Hoya W 12 Miguel Angel Gonzalez. Retains title.
1997: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Junior Flyweight Championship. Maurcio Pastrana W 12 Michael Carbajal. Wins title.
January 19
1895: Coney Island, NY. George Dixon Draw 25 Young Griffo.
1930: Paris, France. NBA Flyweight Championship. Frankie Genaro KO 12 Yvon Trevidic. Retains title.
1937: Wembly, England. World Flyweight Championship. Benny Lynch W 15 Small Montana. Retains title.
1955: Chicago, Illinois. Ralph ‘Tiger’ Jones W 10 Sugar Ray Robinson.
1965: Kevin Pompey born in Troy, New York.
1978: Kitakyushu, Japan. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Wilfredo Gomez KO 3 Royal Kobayashi. Retains title.
1983: San Juan, Puerto Rico. WBA Junior Lightweight Championship. Roger ‘The Black Mamba’ Mayweather KO 8 Samuel Serrano. Wins title.
1985: Birmingham, England. WBA Welterweight Championship. Donald Curry KO 4 Colin Jones. Retains title.
1991: Adelaide, Australia. WBC Light Heavyweight Championship. Dennis Andries W 12 Guy Waters, Retains title.
1991: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Welterweight Championship. Meldrick Taylor W 12 Aaron Davis. Wins title.
1997: Stan Harrington, light middleweight contender, dies in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2001: Sacramento, CA. WBC Super Bantamweight Championship. Willie Jorrin W 12 Oscar Larios. Retains title.
2002: Miami, Florida. WBA Junior Flyweight Championship. Rosendo Alvarez KO 12 Pichit Siriwat. Retains title.
2003: Melbourne, Australia. World Light Welterweight Championship. Kostya Tszyu KO 6 Jesse James Leija. Retains title.
2004: Wollongong. NSW, Australia. Anthony Mundine KO 5 Yoshinori Nishizawa.
2008: Dusseldorf, Germany. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Ruslan Chagaev W 12 Matt Skelton. Retains title.
2008: New York City, NY. Roy Jones Jr. W 12 Felix ‘Tito’ Trinidad.
2008: Ontario, Canada. IBF Super Bantamweight Championship. Steve Molitor W 12 Ricardo Castillo, Rama. Retains title.
2013: New York City, NY. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Mikey Garcia WTD 8 Orlando Salido. Wins title.
2013: New York City, NY. WBA World Middleweight & IBO World Middleweight Championships. Gennady Golovkin KO 7 Gabriel Rosado. Retain titles.
January 20
1916: Jack Britton ND 10 Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis, Buffalo.
1919: Benny Leonard ND 6 Johnny Dundee, Newark.
1936: Paris, France. World Middleweight Championship. Marcel Thil W disq. 4 Lou Brouillard. Retains title.
1973: Panama City, Panama. World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 5 Jimmy Robertson. Retains title.
1973: Panama City, Panama. World Bantamweight Championship. Romeo Anaya KO 3 Enrique Pinder. Wins title.
1990: Seoul, S. Korea. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Sung Kil Moon TD 9 Nana Konadu. Wins title.
1993: Avoriaz, Haute-Savoie, France. IBF Light Middleweight Championship. Gianfranco Rosi W 12 Gilbert Dele. Retains title.
2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Lightweight Championship. Jose Luis Castillo KO 6 Cesar Bazan. Retains title.
2001: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Junior Lightweight Championship. Floyd Mayweather Jr. KO 10 Diego Corrales. Retains title.
2006: Mashantucket, Connecticut. IBF Featherweight Championship. Valdemir Pereira W 12 Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym. Wins vacant title.
2007: Basel, Switzerland. WBA Heavyweight Championship. Nikolay Valuev KO 3 Jameel McCline. Retains title.
2007: Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF & IBO World Light Welterweight Championship. Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton W 12 Juan Urango. Retains title.
2007: London, England. WBC Light Welterweight Championship. Junior Witter KO 9 Arturo Morua. Retains title.
January 21
1797: Tom Johnson, ex bare-knuckle Heavyweight Champion of England, dies in Cork, Ireland at the age of 47 years old.
1927: New York City, NY. World Flyweight Championship. Fidel LaBarba W 12 Elky Clark. Wins vacant title.
1947: Susumu Hanagata born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
1950: Leo Houck, born Leo Florian Hauck, dies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at the age of 61. He was a middleweight contender during 1904 – 1926.
1958: Boston, Massachusetts. Massachussets World Welterweight Championship. Virgil Akins KO 12 Tony DeMarco. Retains title.
1962: Uriah Grant born in Saint Andrews, Jamaica.
1969: London, England. WBC Featherweight Championship. Johnny Famechon W 15 Jose Legra, London. Wins title.
1975: Tokyo, Japan. World Light Middleweight Championship. Koichi Wajima W 15 Oscar Albarado. Regains title.
1978: Las Vegas, Nevada. World Lightweight Championship. Roberto Duran KO 12 Esteban DeJesus. Retains title.
1989: Atlantic City, Georgia. IBF Light Welterweight Championship. Meldrick Taylor KO 7 John Meekins. Retains title.
1989: Vasto, Italy. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Juan Coggi W 12 Harold Brazier. Retains title.
2005: Houston, Texas. WBA Lightweight Championship. Juan Diaz KO 9 Billy Irwin. Retains title.
2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. Manny Pacquiao KO 10 Erik Morales.
2006: Las Vegas, Nevada. WBA Junior Lightweight title. Martin Castillo W 12 Alexander Munoz. Retains title.
January 22
1904: Tommy Freeman, World Welterweight champion, born in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
1960: Boston, Massachusetts. World Middleweight Championship. Paul Pender W 15 Sugar Ray Robinson. Wins title.
1964: Nigel Benn born in Ilford, Essex, United Kingdom.
1973: Kingston, Jamaica. World Heavyweight Championship. George Foreman KO 2 Joe Frazier. Wins title.
1977: Los Angeles, CA. World Welterweight Championship. Carlos Palomino KO 15 Armando Muniz. Retains title.
1977: Pascual Perez, World Flyweight Champion, 50, dies in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1980: Tokyo, Japan. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Spider Nemoto. Retains title.
1984: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Light Welterweight Championship. Johnny ‘Bump City’ Bumphus W 15 Lorenzo Garcia. Wins vacant title.
1988: Atlantic City, NJ. World Heavyweight Championship. Mike Tyson KO 4 Larry Holmes. Retains title.
1988: Atlantic City, NJ. WBC Cruiserweight Championship. Carlos DeLeon W 12 Jose Maria Burlon. Retains title.
1990: Los Angeles, CA. WBC Bantamweight Championship. Raul Perez W 12 Gaby Canizales. Retains title.
1992: Billy Graham, 69, former welterweight contender known to have never been knocked down in ring, dies in New York.
2000: Las Vegas, Nevada. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 3 Willie Wise.
2005: Miami, Florida. Floyd Mayweather KO 8 Henry Bruseles.
2005: Hidalgo, Texas. Johnny Tapia W 10 Nicky Bentz.
2014: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. IBF World Flyweight Championship. Amnat Ruenroeng W 12 Rocky Fuentes. Wins vacant title.
January 23
1908: New Haven, CT. World Welterweight Championship. Harry Lewis KO 3 Frank Mantell. Wins title.
1915: Sydney, Australia. Australia World Middleweight Championship. Jeff Smith W disq. 5 Les Darcy. Retains title.
1931: Chicago, Illinois. World Light Welterweight Championship. Jack ‘Kid’ Berg W 10 Goldie Hess. Retains title.
1953: Boxing manager and promoter, Kellie Maloney, born Francis “Frank” Maloney, in London, England.
1963: Lupe Aquino, born Isaias Guadalupe Aquino in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
1964: Bankok, Thailand. World Flyweight Championship. Pone Kingpetch W 15 Hiroyuki Ebihara. Wins title for the 3rd time.
1967: New York City, NY. World Middleweight Championship. Emile Griffith W 15 Joey Archer. Retains title.
1968: London, England. WBC World Featherweight Championship. Howard Winstone KO 9 Mitsunori Seki. Wins vacant title.
1969: New York City, NY. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Bob Foster KO 1 Frankie DePaula. Retains title.
1988: Gamaches, France. IBF Featherweight Championship. Calvin Grove KO 4 Antonio Rivera. Wins vacant title.
2010: Manila, Philippines. IBF World Light Flyweight Championship. Carlos Tamara TKO 12 Brian Viloria. Wins title.
2010: New York City, NY. WBO World Featherweight Championship. Juan Manuel Lopez TKO 7 Steve Luevano. Wins title.
January 24
1903: London, England. George Dixon D 6 Jem Driscoll.
1914: Melbourne. Australian World Welterweight Championship. Tom McCormick W DQ 6 Waldemar Holberg. Wins title.
1924: Burt Lytell born in Victoria, Texas.
1940: New York City, NY. World Welterweight Championship. Henry Armstrong KO 9 Pedro Montanez. Retains title.
1943: Joe Choynski, 74, dies in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1950: London, England. World Light Heavyweight Championship. Joey Maxim KO 10 Freddie Mills. Wins title.
1976: George Foreman KO 5 Ron Lyle, Las Vegas.
1981: San Cristobal, Venezuela. WBC Super Flyweight Championship. Chul Ho Kim KO 9 Rafael Orono. Wins title.
1982: Atlantic City, NJ. WBA Featherweight Championship. Eusebio Pedroza W 15 Juan LaPorte. Retains title.
1984: Lamont Peterson, Light Welterweight champion, born in Washington, DC.
1990: Sunderland, England. IBF Bantamweight Championship. Orlando Canizales W 12 Billy Hardy. Retains title.
1997: Atlantic City, NJ. World Welterweight Championship. Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker KO 11 Diobelys Hurtado, Retains title.
2004: Atlantic City, NJ. Arturo Gatti W 12 Gianluca Branco.
2009: Los Angeles, CA. WBA Welterweight Championship. Sugar Shane Mosley KO 9 Antonio Margarito. Wins title.
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