Last nite’s (ESPN) Wednesday Nite travesty clearly showed a need for the house programmers to pull the proverbial plug - we’ve grown accustomed to being fed a summer diet of pugilistic pabulum camouflaged as Filet mignon, Delmonico, or NY Strip - when in reality we’ve been digesting chopped sirloin at best.

But enough is enough - the "show" opens with a close-up shot of Tessitore and Atlas standing side by side - first Tessie baby with the announcement there would be a delay - suggests it’s something of a fite version of a baseball rain delay - and then explains.

Seems the comical California Boxing Commissioner in charge of notifying its house quack to report for duty, had himself an alleged mental lapse, and forgets notifying the hack there was scheduled card at the local Hilton Hotel at good old Ontario town...I expected next would be word the failed communication was actually sent, and the medicine man was somehow sitting in a lobby of a Hilton up in Ontario, Canada.

This latest insult to serious minded boxing fans topped by far the ongoing Wednesday debacle of announced fight scheduling putting boxing on the back burner, while lady college softball competition goes extra innings - and the 9pm fite start begins at 23 bells - ditto with amateur round ball going OT (as in first, second, third), etc.

Judging by the Wednesday cards -in my humble opinion- it would be no loss were it sent to the recycle bin - here’s the argument:

The underneath card, thank heavens for little favors, was scratched for only the main event being televised - feature attraction as in undefeated Brazilian Antonio Mesquita (32 wins and 26 KO’s) facing New Zealander Santos Pakau ( 27-2-1, 10 KO’s).

The Mesquita entered at age 33 and coming off a win in last fight over one Anthony Ivy of 7-9-0 infamy - Pakau arrived on short notice with resumé showing his last outing ended by round one knockout loss to Randall Bailey.

Pakau has the edge in opening feeling out round - then a busy stanza two, with both flailing in amateur-like missed exchanges, convinces the Brazilian (Mayorga buddy) he had nothing to fear but fear itself - and then the fun.

China chin Pakau falls in stanza three but gamely battles back with small arms fire and survives the candle - then in stanza five he’s down again courtesy of the looping right hand - then, ready or not it’s candle six.

Pakau, already beaten entity, answers final stanza six ready to be had - and at 1:08 mark the curtain drops - a flurry of punches is capped by a roundhouse right hand - as Pakau is falling, out of the proverbial blue comes stupor-stupid man referee in charge hack Jack Reiss to the rescue.

Problem is Jack the jerk is in such a rush to call it no-mas, he collides with Mesquita who was turning away from his fallen prey, and next thing is seeing the beaten Pakau rising while his conqueror is lying on the canvas with a damaged knee.

Enuf said? I hope so.

Still, amidst the insanity, the viewer is spared the further agony had this small league atrocity gone as originally advertised - the only prelim, courtesy of the aborted main event, was ladies of the evening Sarah Goodsen (20-15-1, 7 KOs) decisioning Sandra Ortiz ( 7-4-1, 4 KOs) - both sweethearts at respective ages 32 and 31 - in something wearing the label of only amateurs need apply.

Happily, we were spared another original underneath pairing of  Heavyweights Willie Chapman (20-25-3, 6 KOs) vs. David Johnson ( 4-18-4, 0 KOs) - and who sanctioned that one I ask.

Closing comments: Antonio Mesquita (33-0, 27 KOs) … big welter at 5-10 - zero defensive skills - strictly right hand puncher if target is propped and ready to be had. The attempt at hot dogging was weak - and first trip to the office versus a serious welter he is yesterday news.
                                 Santos Pakau (27-3-1, 10 KOs) age 23 but no future … a small welter with zero clout going for him and a matching chin made in Taiwan. How this guy qualified for national televised embarrassment is beyond me.
                               Referee Jackass Reiss ~ The fool has got to go … played the camera just prior to the final round - first it’s a between rounds 5-6 visit to the hapless Pakau corner. Threatens to call it if their guy doesn’t fight back - pray tell, why the visit other than to advertise his incompetence? Then he’s seen darting to the Mesquita corner threatening a point deduction if he continues holding and hitting, etc. Fact is the fight should have been halted at end of five at the latest. Then, this idiot charges -for no logical reason- between a fallen Pakau and Mesquita as if a fullback finding an opening in the defensive line and collides with the victor Mesquita.
                             Final thoughts: Had Jackass jack hadn’t called it a TKO as he rushed in for some self-serving reason, and the collision occurred, just how would this one have played out? Go to the scorecards because the far ahead on points Mesquita could not continue due to the knee injury? Or would Mesquita have been the TKO victim? Guess is it would have been some sort of applicable "inadvertent" - only this first of a kind resulting via incompetence of the man-in-charge of the action.

Geo -