By Luke Furman

Tickets have officially gone on sale for the return of former four division champion Roy Jones Jr. - in his first bout as a Russian citizen - as he takes on fellow former champion Enzo Maccarinelli on December 12th at the Ice Palace in Moscow.

1,000 tickets were snapped up not long after going on sale and promoter Vladimir Hryunov expects 12,000 fans.

Jones (62-8, 45KOs) became a Russian citizen earlier this month and plans to cut his time between the two countries.

The veteran won his last eight round and the last five victories have come by knockout. Jones suffered his last defeat in May 2011 when he was knocked out by current WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev in a bout which also took place in Russia.

Maccarinelli (40-7, 32KOs) won five of his last seven and all five of those wins came by way of knockout.

Luke Furman covers boxing for bokser.org.