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Joe Calzaghe's planned September super-fight with Roy Jones Jr in New York has been postponed.

Calzaghe's camp confirmed to BBC Sport that the unbeaten Welshman has injured his right hand in training and will not be ready. It was announced last week that the 36-year-old was to meet American great Jones Jr at New York's Madison Square Garden on 20 September.

A new date for the light-heavyweight clash has yet to be decided.

"We're trying to reschedule for November," said John Wirt, chief executive of Jones Jr's promotional company Square Ring.

"And that works for them, so the injury must be something they feel will heal sufficiently by then.

"Roy is disappointed but he's looking forward to the fight being rescheduled.

"But this may be a blessing in disguise because it gives us more time to promote the fight. We were under the gun putting everything together quickly."

The bout was due to be Calzaghe's first self-promoted showdown since his split from his long-term manager Frank Warren.

But BBC Radio 5 Live's Mike Costello says the postponement is not just down to injury.

"There is talk that it's a hand injury suffered by Calzaghe, and he's had many such problems in the past," he said, "but there have also been logistical snags regarding the date of this promotion and the television scheduling in the UK.

"The 20 September, the date earmarked, is now less than two months' away and for a fight of this magnitude that's not much time to promote and sell the event.

"Nor does it allow Calzaghe the amount of time - the three months - that he normally allocates to preparing for a fight.

"And it's worth remembering also that there's been no formal announcement of the fight in the shape of a press conference here, or in the US, so we're talking really about a fight that looks as if its off before it was ever officially on."

Calzaghe's injury is the latest in a series of hand problems.

The two-weight world champion fought through the pain of a hand injury to demolish Jeff Lacy to unify the IBF and his WBO crown in March 2006.

Calzaghe impressed on his American debut as he came back from a first round knock-down to beat Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas in April.

The Jones Jr clash was set to be Calzaghe's last before the Newbridge fighter retires from his 15-year professional boxing career.

Calzaghe, unbeaten in 45 bouts, was king of the super-middleweight division - holding the WBC, WBA and WBO titles - but The Ring light-heavyweight crown he won by beating Hopkins was to be on the line against four-weight world champion Jones.

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Noooooo i hope he going to good to fight him, i want to see these two fight, obviously calzaghe will win

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Its Back On

Joe Calzaghe's super-fight with American great Roy Jones Jr will now take place on 8 November.

The undefeated Welshman pulled out of their scheduled 20 September show at Madison Square Gardens after injuring his right hand in training.

The light-heavyweight fight has been rearranged at the same venue.

Calzaghe, 36, and Jones, 39, are both expected to bring an end to their illustrious careers after the bout in New York.

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will be joes toughest fight ever...

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