Roy Jones Jr has revealed that he will face Joe Calzaghe at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday 20 September.
Jones and Calzaghe, 36, will divide the purse from the fight equally.
‘I was a fighter of the 90’s, but I'm also a modern era fighter. I'm going to show people what I am,’ Jones told BBC Sport Wales.
‘Everything is being split 50-50. It's straight down the middle. I wouldn't have it any other way.’
Undefeated Calzaghe parted company with promoter Frank Warren last month and gave up his WBC super-middleweight title to fight Jones in his preferred light-heavyweight division.
‘We are fighting at Madison Square Gardens because it's an easier fight from over there to here,’ added Jones.
‘Vegas was on the radar, but it's easier to get a flight to New York. When Joe fought in Vegas, I ran into a lot of people who weren't happy with the arrangements and the way they had to go through all the stops to get there.
‘So I wanted to make it easier for the people to come from the United Kingdom to support the fight because I know how many will be coming.
‘Madison Square Gardens holds 18,000, about the same as if we were back at the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas.’
Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins in that venue in April this year and the New York clash is set to be the swansong for both fighters.
The Welshman wrote in his weekly column in the South Wales Argus newspaper: ‘I have expressed my desire to fight in NYC for many years.
‘I went to New York as part of the build-up of both the Mikkel Kessler and Bernard Hopkins fights and I love the place.
‘I also think NY is a town where I would be very well received.
‘There is a very large Italian-American population in Manhattan and that attracts me also.
‘The biggest names in the sport - Ali, Leonard, Foreman, and Marciano - have all boxed at the Garden.
‘It would also represent the best venue in America in order to accommodate my supporters from all over the UK.’
The Ring light-heavyweight crown that Calzaghe won by defeating Hopkins will be on the line against Jones.
