The predominantly Mersey crowd in the Manchester Arena will not care one jot that their hero Liam Smith has subjected Chris Eubank Jr to false homophobic insinuations before Saturday's watershed fight for both of them.
Nor that his opponent was finally goaded by c-word insults into responding by accusing the third eldest of Liverpool's beloved fighting Smith brothers of marital infidelity.
They will be behind Smith to a man and woman regardless of how that totally unnecessary outburst might reflect on the proud scouse fraternity.

Chris Smith's supporters will back him at the Manchester Arena despite his poor comments
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