By Luke Furman
There had been rumors of the contest for the last few weeks. Promoter Vladimir Hryunov posted a photo to social media to make it official, former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. (62-8, 45KOs) will face Enzo Maccarinelli (40-7, 32KOs) on December 12th in Moscow, Russia. The fight, according to Hryunov, will be televised on BoxNation.
Both fighters are in Russia to attend a press gathering to officially announce their fight.
Maccarinelli, a former WBO cruiserweight champion, has won eight of his last ten and put forth a very spirited effort against WBA 'regular' light heavyweight champion Juergen Braehmer last April when the bout got stopped prematurely in the fifth round.
Jones has won his last eight and his last five have been by knockout.
After officially becoming a Russian citizen on Tuesday, Jones plans to become much more active in the country. This will be Jones' fifth bout in Eastern Europe.
