Jones: Garden to stage Calzaghe fight

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Unbeaten Welshman Calzaghe, 36, has indicated he will hang up his gloves after his bout with Jones, who claims the purse will be split 50-50 between the two men.

"When Joe fought in Vegas (against Bernard Hopkins), 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," Jones told BBC Sport Wales. "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."

Jones added: "Everything is being split 50-50. It's straight down the middle. I wouldn't have it any other way."

Calzaghe, who split with long-time promoter Frank Warren last month, gave up his WBC super-middleweight belt to fight Jones in a light-heavyweight contest.

Calzaghe earlier expressed his desire to fight in New York.

"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," he wrote in his weekly column in the South Wales Argus newspaper.

"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."