Can Josh Padley rescue Sheffield's fight night?
A big night of boxing is coming to Sheffield this weekend but it’s not the event everyone was hoping to see
There is no getting away from the fact that Saturday night's Sheffield Arena bill is not the show the city had been expecting.
For weeks, the event was built around WBC world champion Dalton Smith's latest homecoming.
Sheffield was preparing to welcome back its biggest boxing star before injury forced the unbeaten super-lightweight to postpone his appearance.
Some will undoubtedly decide the card has lost its shine.
Yet beneath the disappointment you could argue that there remains a solid evening of boxing and more than enough local interest to make South Yorkshire fight fans take notice.
The obvious place to start is Josh Padley.
The Armthorpe, Doncaster fighter has inherited top billing and, unlike many late replacements, arrives with genuine momentum behind him.
Padley's stock has risen dramatically over the past two years. His upset victory over Mark Chamberlain announced him on the national stage before he was handed the daunting task of facing pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson in Saudi Arabia at just four days' notice.
Although he lost, Padley's willingness to take the fight won him admirers throughout the sport.
Now he returns as European champion and, according to most bookmakers, starts as a clear but not overwhelming favourite against Aqib Fiaz.
That matters because this is no routine title defence.
Oldham's Fiaz has lost only once, to former British champion Reece Bellotti, and knows victory in Sheffield would transform his career.
On paper, it looks the most evenly matched fight on the card and arguably the one most likely to produce genuine drama.
If there is a contest capable of sending fans home talking about what they have just witnessed, this may be it.
The fight that could steal the show for the wider public, however, comes one bout lower.
Ibraheem Sulaimaan and Ibrahim Nadim meet for the English super-featherweight title in a contest carrying real significance for both men.
English title fights have a long tradition of producing action because careers are often on the line. Sulaimaan remains unbeaten and is regarded as one of the division's brightest prospects. Nadim has more experience and arrives with little intention of playing a supporting role.
Neither man can afford a cautious night's work.
Heavyweight enthusiasts will naturally be drawn towards Leo Atang.
The teenager from York is one of the most talked-about young heavyweights in Britain and enters the weekend with five stoppages from six professional victories.
Atang is still only 18, an age at which many heavyweights are only beginning to think seriously about entering the professional ranks. Promoters, trainers and broadcasters have all spoken highly of his potential and there is growing curiosity about how far he can go.
Whether he eventually fulfils those expectations remains to be seen, but there is undeniable appeal in watching a prospect before the wider public catches up with the hype.
Then there is a distinctly local element.
Steel City Gym pair Ed Hardy and Chris Mulunda both feature on the bill and will provide Sheffield supporters with familiar faces to follow.
Hardy in particular has steadily built a following on the local scene through GBM Sports appearances and will relish another opportunity to perform in front of a home crowd.
That local connection should not be underestimated.
While Smith's absence has removed the event's biggest draw, Sheffield boxing fans have always appreciated fighters with roots in the area and there remains enough South Yorkshire representation to create a genuine sense of local involvement.
Is it the blockbuster Sheffield originally anticipated? No.
Would anyone seriously claim the card has improved without Handsworth hero Dalton Smith? Certainly not.
But Padley versus Fiaz is a proper title fight. Atang is one of Britain's most promising heavyweight prospects.
The English title clash between Sulaimaan and Nadim has all the ingredients to be a thriller.
And local boxers Hardy and Mulunda give Sheffield supporters somebody from their own backyard to cheer.
Still worth a punt!