Today we throw it back to March 7, 2009 at the Legendary Blue Horizon. At this point in time it was the beginning of the end of the famous fight hall on Broad & Thompson Streets in North Philly. Little did we know that one of the worlds most famous boxing venues only had a handful of shows left in its existence.
On this evening Peltz Boxing Promotions was returning to The Blue after an eight year absence. His prized fighter Mike Jones was headlining the show and would go on to clobber Dario Eslas, a KO that caused the fans to go crazy in the stands.
The focus of this article is not about the main event but rather a unhyped six round Super Middleweight bout in the middle of the show. At the time of signing no one really gave it a second though when it was announced that Dennis Hasson would fight Garrett Wilson in a warm-up to the featured attraction. But funny things happen when two Philly fighters face off in the ring. Long after the final bell sounded, the story of this fight became more interesting as time went on.
There were many distinct differences between the two fighters and their career positions in 2009. One was a polished amateur with the backing of those putting on the event. The other was raw and hungry, not quite sure how far he could take it in this blood sport.
Now in 2016 – the loser of this bout went on to outperform many of his peers in the local industry while the winner continued to move up the ladder before the business end of things and other distractions put his career on ice. More on that in a minute…
