Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr's light-heavyweight fight is now set to take place on November 8 at Madison Square Garden.
Talks on-going after original fight postponed
Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr's light-heavyweight fight is now set to take place on November 8.
The pair had been due to fight on September 20 at New York's Madison Square Garden but the bout had to be postponed after the Welshman suffered a sprained right wrist.
Jones has now revealed the new possible date less than 24 hours after the postponement was announced.
He said: "It sounds to me as though Joe has a normal and usual injury.
"He had shown some concern recently about his hand not being ready. I still wanted to move forward with the September date, since (American television network) HBO had already laid out the red carpet for a pay-per-view success when we took the De La Hoya-Mayweather date.
"But I don't want him to be any less than his best - so if this is what it takes for that, then so be it."
Rescheduled
He added: "I have been informed by my people at Square Ring that the fight will most likely be rescheduled for November 8 on HBO Pay-Per-View at Madison Square Garden.
"I am glad we are close to being able to put together a new date for the fight within 24 hours of learning of Joe's injury."
Jones also revealed the possibility of some extra spice to the fight, adding: "I had originally proposed something kind of different for this fight.
"And that is that Joe and I would first weigh-in for the fight at 168lbs and fight for Joe's super-middleweight titles.
"Then we would step off the scales, drink some water and weigh-in again at more than 168 so that we could also fight for Joe's Ring Magazine light-heavyweight title.
Something unique
"I only recall this happening once before, in the Leonard/Lalonde fight (in 1988) and I think it would really add something unique to the promotion."
He added: "Joe initially expressed concern about his ability to make 168 by September 19, but now that we have another seven weeks, I hope that he will go for it and that the WBA, WBO and the WBC will sanction it."
But unbeaten Calzaghe has in fact already vacated the WBC title, which is likely to be contested by Nottingham's Carl Froch in the near future.
The Welsh fighter saw a consultant on Tuesday in an attempt to determine the extent of the damage suffered during training on the pads.
