* January 30-Wilfred Lucas, actor, film director and screenwriter ( d. 1940 )

His championship run ended in 1979, when he traveled to Puerto Rico, where he was defeated on January 13 by hometown boxer Wilfred Benítez via a controversial fifteen round split decision.

* January 14-Wilfred Benítez wins his second of three world titles, defeating WBC world Welterweight champion Carlos Palomino by a fifteen round split decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

José Gautier Benítez ( April 12, 1851 – January 24, 1880 ) is considered by some to be Puerto Rico's best poet of the Romantic Era.

Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez ( July 29, 1883 – January 14, 1942 ), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer.

In January 2005, after having been frozen out by Claudio Ranieri, Pellegrino joined former Valencia boss Rafael Benítez at Liverpool on a free transfer, signing a six-month contract.

's manager Rafael Benítez would make a bid to purchase him at the next January transfer window, strengthening the attacking field.

* January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791.

The Central American country of Belize, another former British colony, also still retains the principle of the Riot Act ; it was last read on 21 January 2005, during the 2005 Belize unrest.

Countryside, as a separate governmental entity, ceased to exist on January 15, 2003, although the neighborhood retains the name informally.

In a letter of 31 January 1985 to Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, regarding the book Poem of the Man God, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger ( then Prefect of the Congregation, who later became Pope Benedict XVI ), referred to the 1966 notification of the Congregation as follows: " After the dissolution of the Index, when some people thought the printing and distribution of the work was permitted, people were reminded again in L ' Osservatore Romano ( 15 June 1966 ) that, as was published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis ( 1966 ), the Index retains its moral force despite its dissolution.

Wieman joined the University of British Columbia on 1 January 2007 and is heading a well-endowed science education initiative there ; he retains a twenty percent appointment at the University of Colorado at Boulder to head the science education project he founded in Colorado.

The community was long organized as a township, and retains " Township " in its official name, but adopted a home rule charter in 1973 ( taking effect on January 5, 1976 ) and is no longer subject to the Pennsylvania Township Code.

Today BAE Systems retains a small facility at Prestwick for its BAE Systems Regional Aircraft division, with the adjoining main manufacturing site, producing components for Airbus and Boeing aircraft, having been sold to Spirit AeroSystems in January 2006.

* January 24-Eusebio Pedroza retains his WBA world Featherweight title with a fifteen round unanimous decision over Juan Laporte in Atlantic City.

* January 31-In the first world title fight scheduled for twelve rounds instead of fifteen in various decades, Rafael Orono retains his WBC world Jr. Bantamweight championship with a four round knockout over Pedro Romero in Caracas, Venezuela.

* January 22-Mike Tyson retains his undisputed world Heavyweight championship with a fourth round knockout win against former world champion Larry Holmes in Atlantic City.

* January 15-Joe Frazier retains his world Heavyweight title with a five round knockout of Terry Daniels in New Orleans.

* January 23-In a rematch of their 1966 title fight, Emile Griffith again retains the world's Middleweight title with a fifteen round decision over Joey Archer, New York City.

The church was designated a Grade I listed building on 4 January 1950 ; and its reconstruction retains the listing.

* January 16-In the first world title fight of the decade, Willie Pep retains his world Featherweight title, with a fifth round knockout of Charley Riley, St. Louis.

* January 27-World Light-Heavyweight champion Archie Moore retains the title with a third consecutive fifteen round decision over former world champion Joey Maxim, in Miami.

* January 18-Sandy Saddler retains his world Featherweight title with a thirteenth round knockout of future world Jr. Lightweight champion Flash Elorde, in San Francisco.

* January 17-Fritzie Zivic retains his world Welterweight title with a twelfth round knockout of Henry Armstrong at their New York rematch.

* January 9-In a rematch of their controversial 1941 bout, Joe Louis retains his world Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of Buddy Baer, at New York.

* January 20-Marcel Thil retains the world Middleweight title by a fourth round disqualification against Lou Brouillard, Paris, France.

* January 1-Freddie Steele retains his National Boxing Association world Middleweight title with a ten round decision win over former world champion Gorilla Jones, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

* January 19-In a rematch, Benny Lynch retains the world Flyweight title with a fifteen round decision over Small Montana, in London.

* January 25-Joe Louis retains the world Heavyweight title with a first round knockout of world Light-Heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis in the first round, in New York.

* January 14-Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight title with a sixth round knockout of Richie Mitchell, at New York.

Nobody Kills Santa Claus, the second episode of the first series ( transmitted 30 January 1965 ), is very different from the programme's later style — for instance the character of Marker still retains some of the " tough guy " heroism that Burke was keen to move away from.

On January 24, 2004, Gatti, having recovered from a broken hand, scored a tenth round knock-down and defeated Gianluca Branco of Italy by a 12 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC Light Welterweight title.

Gatti's second defense of his WBC title came against former WBC Super Featherweight Champion Jesse James Leija on January 29, 2005.

* January 29 – Frankie Randall causes Julio César Chávez his first defeat in 91 professional bouts, winning the WBC world Jr. Welterweight title in the process, by a split decision in 12 rounds.

The one and only title he held in his career, the WBC junior welterweight title, was won by knocking out Bruce Curry in the 10th round in January 1984 in front of a pro-Curry crowd in Beaumont, Texas.

On January 27, 2007, he defeated Argentinian Julio Ler in a 12-round decision, thus earning the WBC # 1 super-flyweight ranking.

He held the French national middleweight title twice ( March 1997 to January 1998 and again from March 1999 to October 2000 ), the WBC International middleweight title ( 1997 ) and the European middleweight title 2002.

* January 21-The third and final chapter of the Duran-De Jesus trilogy, as Roberto Durán re-unifies his WBA world Lightweight championship with the WBC one, defeating Esteban De Jesús by a knockout in round twelve at Las Vegas.

* January 28-Alexis Argüello wins the second of three world titles, knocking out WBC world Jr. Lightweight champion Alfredo Escalera in thirteen rounds in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

On January 26, 2008, WBC traveled to Jacksonville, North Carolina, home of Camp Lejeune, to protest the United States Marine Corps in the wake of the murder of Maria Lauterbach.

On January 29, 2011, professional boxer Timothy Bradley defended his WBO light welterweight title in a unification fight against WBC champion Devon Alexander.

Canto won six more fights, including two Mexican title defenses, and on January 8, 1975, he faced WBC world Flyweight champion Shoji Oguma in Sendai.

* January 7 – Carlos Manuel Baldomir upsets Zab Judah by unanimous decision and is crowned world welterweight champion by the WBC.

Kahwagi had a step up in opposition quality for his next fight, as he fought for the vacant WBC Latin American Cruiserweight title on January 10, 2004, against Dwayne Swift, an experienced opponent who went into the fight with 44 wins in 74 bouts.

On January 29, 2005, Leija fought Arturo Gatti for Gatti's WBC light welterweight title.

The division was then later recognized by the World Boxing Council ( WBC ) in October 1987, the World Boxing Association ( WBA ) in January 1988, and the World Boxing Organization ( WBO ) in August 1989.

This bout, on 7 January 2006, was for the undisputed ( WBA / WBC / IBF ) cruiserweight championship.

On January 17, 1986, Tubbs made his first title defense against former WBC Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon.

* A knockout in nine rounds over Antonio Guido in Las Vegas as part of the Benítez-Durán title fight's undercard, January 30, 1982, after which the WBC ranked him as the number one challenger to Wilfredo Gómez's WBC world Super-Bantamweight title.

On January 20, 2001, Corrales challenged Ring No. 2 ranked Super Featherweight and # 7 Pound-For-Pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the WBC super featherweight title and recorded his first knockdown and first loss.