The biggest stories of Jan are THE RETURN OF FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS! on ESPN with a bigger budget this year, and an awesome fight between Timothy Bradley vs Devon Alexander at the end of the month.
January 7
At Las Vegas (ESPN2): "Friday Night Fights" season premier, Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Mauricio Herrera, 12 rounds, junior welterweights; Demetrius Andrade vs. Sammy Gonzalez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
At Fairfield, Calif. (Telefutura): Brandon Gonzales vs. Lester Gonzalez, 8 rounds, middleweights; Alan Sanchez vs. Cristian Favela, 8 rounds, welterweights; Luis Sanchez vs. Jonathan Garcia, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Manuel Avila vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Max Becerra vs. Federico Martinez, 4 rounds, lightweights; Lamont Williams vs. Hector Martinez, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Ivan Redkaca vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
At St. Paul, Minn.: Otis Griffin vs. Yusaf Mack, 12 rounds, IBF light heavyweight eliminator
January 8
At Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Beibut Shumenov vs. Jürgen Brähmer, 12 rounds, WBA/WBO light heavyweight unification. Gayrat Ahmedov vs. William Joppy, 12 rounds, light heavyweights; Ravshan Hudaynazarov vs. Jose Luis Cruz, 12 rounds, welterweights
January 11
At Levallois, France: Gabriel Campillo vs. Thierry Karl, 12 rounds, for vacant European light heavyweight title
January 13
At Brooklyn, NY.: Alicia Ashley vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
January 14
At Key West, Fla. (ESPN2): Peter Manfredo Jr. vs. Daniel Edouard, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Edwin Rodriguez vs. Aaron Pryor Jr., 10 rounds, super middleweights; Marcus Willis vs. Reynaldo Cepeda, 4 or 6 rounds, middleweights; Anton Slaughter vs. Jamal Param, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Derrick Wilson vs. Guadalupe DeLeon, 8 rounds, featherweights; Dannie Van Staden vs. Henry Mitchell, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Antwone Smith vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Breidis Prescott vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
At Indio, Calif. (Telefutura): Erislandy Lara vs. Delray Raines, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Frankie Gomez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Randy Caballero vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights; Trevor McCumby vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
January 21
At Mendoza, Argentina (Telefutura): Lucas Matthysse vs. DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
At Mexico City (Telemundo): Johnny Garcia vs. William Urina, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; William Gonzalez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, bantamweights; Josue Veraza vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights
January 22
At White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.: Evander Holyfield vs. Sherman Williams, 10 or 12 rounds, heavyweights
At Las Vegas (Fox Deportes): Diego Magdaleno vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Roberto Marroquin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights
At Neubrandenburg, Germany: Sebastian Sylvester vs. Mehdi Bouadla, 12 rounds, for Sylvester's IBF middleweight title; Steve Cunningham vs. Enad Licina, 12 rounds, for Cunningham's IBF cruiserweight title
At Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Jonathan Oquendo vs. Cuauhtemoc Vargas, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; Carlos Negron vs. TBA, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; McJoe Arroyo vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
At Bay St. Louis, Miss.: Will McIntyre vs. Blake Prevost, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Bobby O'Bannon vs. John Brown, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Sidney Leblanc vs. Lamar Iverson, 4 rounds, female cruiserweights; Marcus McDaniel vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Vincent Burkhalter vs. Jamont Bourgeois, 4 rounds, middleweights; Medzhid Vbektemirov vs. Cleoney Fuqua, 4 rounds, super middleweights
January 28
At Temecula, Calif. (ESPN2): Cristobal Arreola vs. Joey Abell, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Michael Dallas Jr. vs. Josesito Lopez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Shawn Estrada vs. Jon Schmidt, 6 rounds, super middleweights; John Molina Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights; Matt Villanueva vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights; Kevin Hoskins vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
At Chicago: David Diaz vs. Robert Frankel, 10 rounds, lightweights; Andrzej Fonfara vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Jaime Herrera vs. Alex De Leon, 6 rounds, welterweights; Aslanbek Kozaev vs. Hector Alatorre, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Anton Novikov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Achour Esho vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Genaro Mendez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Ramiro Carrillovs. Clifford McPherson, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
January 29
At Pontiac, Mich. (HBO): Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley Jr., 12 rounds, WBC/WBO junior welterweight unification. Tim Coleman vs. Vernon Paris, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
At Brakpan, South Africa: Argenis Mendez vs. Cassius Baloyi, 12 rounds, IBF junior lightweight eliminator; Nkosinathi Joyi vs. Katsunari Takayama, 12 rounds, for Joyi's IBF strawweight title; Chris Van Heerden vs. Boitshepo Mandawe, 12 rounds, welterweights; Daniel Bruwer vs. Ruben Groenewald, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Phillip Ndou vs. Welcome Ntshingila, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
At London, "Prizefighter: Light heavyweights" (8-man, single-night tournament, all bouts 3 rounds, draw to be announced), Travis Dickinson, Llewellyn Davies, Menay Edwards, Billy Slate, Tony Dodson, Joe Smyth, Michael Banbula, TBA
At Tunica, Miss.: Jesse Lubash vs. Jay Krupp, 8 rounds, welterweights; Dominic Wade vs. Brian Norman, 6 rounds, middleweights; Morgan Fitch vs. Nathan Bedwell, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Orlando Utsey vs. Marquis Jackson, 4 rounds, middleweights; Hoyte Hutchinson vs. Anthony Bailey, 4 rouds, super middleweights
At Verona: Jason Gavern vs. Mike Mollo, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Isaac Rodrigues vs. Russell Jordan, 8 rounds, middleweights; Andy Mejias vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Derrick Evans vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Steve Tyner vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
January 7
At Las Vegas (ESPN2): "Friday Night Fights" season premier, Ruslan Provodnikov vs. Mauricio Herrera, 12 rounds, junior welterweights; Demetrius Andrade vs. Sammy Gonzalez, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
At Fairfield, Calif. (Telefutura): Brandon Gonzales vs. Lester Gonzalez, 8 rounds, middleweights; Alan Sanchez vs. Cristian Favela, 8 rounds, welterweights; Luis Sanchez vs. Jonathan Garcia, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Manuel Avila vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior featherweights; Max Becerra vs. Federico Martinez, 4 rounds, lightweights; Lamont Williams vs. Hector Martinez, 4 rounds, heavyweights; Ivan Redkaca vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights
At St. Paul, Minn.: Otis Griffin vs. Yusaf Mack, 12 rounds, IBF light heavyweight eliminator
January 8
At Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Beibut Shumenov vs. Jürgen Brähmer, 12 rounds, WBA/WBO light heavyweight unification. Gayrat Ahmedov vs. William Joppy, 12 rounds, light heavyweights; Ravshan Hudaynazarov vs. Jose Luis Cruz, 12 rounds, welterweights
January 11
At Levallois, France: Gabriel Campillo vs. Thierry Karl, 12 rounds, for vacant European light heavyweight title
January 13
At Brooklyn, NY.: Alicia Ashley vs. TBA, 8 rounds, female junior featherweights
January 14
At Key West, Fla. (ESPN2): Peter Manfredo Jr. vs. Daniel Edouard, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Edwin Rodriguez vs. Aaron Pryor Jr., 10 rounds, super middleweights; Marcus Willis vs. Reynaldo Cepeda, 4 or 6 rounds, middleweights; Anton Slaughter vs. Jamal Param, 4 rounds, junior lightweights; Derrick Wilson vs. Guadalupe DeLeon, 8 rounds, featherweights; Dannie Van Staden vs. Henry Mitchell, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Antwone Smith vs. TBA, 8 rounds, welterweights; Breidis Prescott vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior welterweights
At Indio, Calif. (Telefutura): Erislandy Lara vs. Delray Raines, 10 rounds, junior middleweights; Frankie Gomez vs. TBA, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Randy Caballero vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweights; Trevor McCumby vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
January 21
At Mendoza, Argentina (Telefutura): Lucas Matthysse vs. DeMarcus "Chop Chop" Corley, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
At Mexico City (Telemundo): Johnny Garcia vs. William Urina, 12 rounds, junior bantamweights; William Gonzalez vs. TBA, 10 rounds, bantamweights; Josue Veraza vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights
January 22
At White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.: Evander Holyfield vs. Sherman Williams, 10 or 12 rounds, heavyweights
At Las Vegas (Fox Deportes): Diego Magdaleno vs. TBA, 10 rounds, junior lightweights; Roberto Marroquin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, featherweights
At Neubrandenburg, Germany: Sebastian Sylvester vs. Mehdi Bouadla, 12 rounds, for Sylvester's IBF middleweight title; Steve Cunningham vs. Enad Licina, 12 rounds, for Cunningham's IBF cruiserweight title
At Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Jonathan Oquendo vs. Cuauhtemoc Vargas, 12 rounds, junior featherweights; Carlos Negron vs. TBA, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; McJoe Arroyo vs. TBA, 6 rounds, bantamweights
At Bay St. Louis, Miss.: Will McIntyre vs. Blake Prevost, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Bobby O'Bannon vs. John Brown, 6 rounds, heavyweights; Sidney Leblanc vs. Lamar Iverson, 4 rounds, female cruiserweights; Marcus McDaniel vs. TBA, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Vincent Burkhalter vs. Jamont Bourgeois, 4 rounds, middleweights; Medzhid Vbektemirov vs. Cleoney Fuqua, 4 rounds, super middleweights
January 28
At Temecula, Calif. (ESPN2): Cristobal Arreola vs. Joey Abell, 10 rounds, heavyweights; Michael Dallas Jr. vs. Josesito Lopez, 10 rounds, junior welterweights; Shawn Estrada vs. Jon Schmidt, 6 rounds, super middleweights; John Molina Jr. vs. TBA, 8 rounds, lightweights; Matt Villanueva vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights; Kevin Hoskins vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweights
At Chicago: David Diaz vs. Robert Frankel, 10 rounds, lightweights; Andrzej Fonfara vs. TBA, 10 rounds, light heavyweights; Jaime Herrera vs. Alex De Leon, 6 rounds, welterweights; Aslanbek Kozaev vs. Hector Alatorre, 6 rounds, junior welterweights; Anton Novikov vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Achour Esho vs. TBA, 6 rounds, welterweights; Genaro Mendez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior welterweights; Ramiro Carrillovs. Clifford McPherson, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
January 29
At Pontiac, Mich. (HBO): Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley Jr., 12 rounds, WBC/WBO junior welterweight unification. Tim Coleman vs. Vernon Paris, 10 rounds, junior welterweights
At Brakpan, South Africa: Argenis Mendez vs. Cassius Baloyi, 12 rounds, IBF junior lightweight eliminator; Nkosinathi Joyi vs. Katsunari Takayama, 12 rounds, for Joyi's IBF strawweight title; Chris Van Heerden vs. Boitshepo Mandawe, 12 rounds, welterweights; Daniel Bruwer vs. Ruben Groenewald, 8 rounds, cruiserweights; Phillip Ndou vs. Welcome Ntshingila, 8 rounds, junior middleweights
At London, "Prizefighter: Light heavyweights" (8-man, single-night tournament, all bouts 3 rounds, draw to be announced), Travis Dickinson, Llewellyn Davies, Menay Edwards, Billy Slate, Tony Dodson, Joe Smyth, Michael Banbula, TBA
At Tunica, Miss.: Jesse Lubash vs. Jay Krupp, 8 rounds, welterweights; Dominic Wade vs. Brian Norman, 6 rounds, middleweights; Morgan Fitch vs. Nathan Bedwell, 4 rounds, super middleweights; Orlando Utsey vs. Marquis Jackson, 4 rounds, middleweights; Hoyte Hutchinson vs. Anthony Bailey, 4 rouds, super middleweights
At Verona: Jason Gavern vs. Mike Mollo, 12 rounds, heavyweights; Isaac Rodrigues vs. Russell Jordan, 8 rounds, middleweights; Andy Mejias vs. TBA, 6 rounds, super middleweights; Derrick Evans vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights; Steve Tyner vs. TBA, 4 rounds, light heavyweights
