Heavyweight contender Michael Hunter knocks out Mike Wilson

That was then and this is now.

Michael Hunter edged Michael Wilson in an amateur fight 14 years ago.

Now professionals, Hunter and Wilson met again Tuesday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Hunter (20-1, 14 KOs) wobbled Wilson (21-2, 10 KOs) a couple of times before putting him down on all fours in the fourth round. Wilson got up, but the referee didn’t like how Wilson looked and waved the fight off.

Time was 2:49 seconds of round four.

Hunter,33, has won eight fights in succession after his lone loss to Oleksandr Usyk in 2017.

Former WBO welterweight champion Chris Algieri (25-3, 9 KOs) dominated Mikkel Lespierre (22-3-1, 10 KOs) over 10 rounds. Algieri, fighting for the time in over two years, looked sharp. His next fight will likely be against a ranked contender.

Irish’ Joe Ward, (4-1, 2 KOs), continued to impress with a dominant six-round decision over previously unbeaten Tory Williams, (5-1-1, 4 KOs). Scores were 60-54 from all three judges. In front of a large crowd of cheering faithful, Ward used a consistent body attack to break down Williams despite suffering a cut from an accidental headbutt in the fifth round.

Junior welterweight prospect Aaron Aponte, making his Madison Square Garden debut, improved to 4-0 as the 20-year-old Floridian stopped Gerardo Gonzalez, (2-1-0, 1 KOs) in the second round. Aponte impressed the New York City faithful with as he dropped Gonzalez three times enroute to the stoppage by referee Sparkle Lee at :30 mark.

Highly decorated amateur Christina Cruz made her long-awaited pro debut in the flyweight division winning a spirited four-round decision over Indeya Smith, (1-3-1, 1 KO), of Dallas, TX. The New York City native Cruz was victorious by majority decision scores of 40-36, 39-37 and 38-38.

Undefeated light-heavyweight prospect Matthew Tinker, (7-0, 6 KOs), of Yorkshire, UK stopped Utica, New York’s Michael Rycraft, (4-2-1, 3 KOs) by technical knockout. Following two rounds of one-way traffic from Tinker, Rycraft’s corner stopped the bout before the third stanza started.

Fighting in the heavyweight division, Brooklyn’s Robert Sabbagh improved to 3-0 with a four-round unanimous decision over Cleveland Billingsley III, (3-6, 3 KOs), of Chattanooga, TN. Scores for the impressive victory over the valiant Billingsley were 40-36 twice and 39-37.

Opening the show in a tremendous battle of undefeated super welterweight prospects, Guido Schramm, (12-0-1, 8 KOs), of Los Angeles, CA won a six-round unanimous decision over Nikoloz Sekhniashvili, (7-1, 5 KOs), of Gori, Georgia. Scores for the fight which featured excellent two-way action throughout were 59-55, 58-56 and 58-55 for Schramm as both combatants raised their stock.