What is the nickname of the boxer who was offered to fight against Sergio Martinez in Atlantic City 2011?
Sergio Martínez vs. Darren Barker Sergio Martinez vs. Darren Barker was a Middleweight fight for The Ring title. The fight took place in Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States on 1 October 2011 Barker, the European champion, was certainly not the first choice for Martinez, various other potential opponents turned down overtures for a bout against him. Promoter Lou DiBella offered the fight with Martinez to titleholders Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Daniel Geale as well as junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto and Paul Williams, for a rubber match. Martinez said he was willing to face Cotto at middleweight or drop down to junior middleweight to fight him, but Cotto continued to ignore the fight.
Carson Jones Carson Jones (born August 19, 1986 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional boxer at welterweight and is the reigning USBA welterweight champion (June 11, 2011). He was also the former NABA light-middle weight champion (April 22, 2010), the former WBC Continental Americas light-middle weight champion (May 7, 2009), and the former NABA USA light middleweight champion (April 18, 2008). Nicknamed 'Mr. Jones', he achieved his highest ranking in May 2012, when he was placed as the #4 rated welterweight in the world by the IBF.