ANDREW Selby will once again look to impress a terrestrial television audience tonight when he takes to the ring at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh.

The 27-year-old St Joseph’s flyweight faces Nicaraguan Felix Moncada on a Cyclone Promotions bill which also features Scotland’s Josh Taylor in a tilt for the Commonwealth super-lightweight title.

For British champion Selby, the bout against Moncada, a late replacement for injured countryman Hermogenes Castillo, is only his sixth in the pro ranks.

He won the Lonsdale Belt with a unanimous points defeat of Louis Norman in Cardiff earlier this year but the Barry boxer has struggled to find more opponents at domestic level.

And unless a challenger for his British strap can be found, his next outing, planned for Wembley Arena on November 18, will be another international contest.

Selby, though, is just happy to be back in action five months after that Norman conquest, and, while Moncada has lost three of his last five fights, the Welshman is expecting a tough workout.

“It has been a while since I fought so I’m looking forward to getting back to it,” he said. “I will be out to make a statement and make sure everyone notices me.”

He added: “I was supposed to be fighting a southpaw, whereas this guy is orthodox.

“I know Moncada is also from Nicaragua and I’ve seen about 30 seconds of him.

“I don’t really like to watch much of my opponents, I just adjust when I get in the ring, but from what I’ve seen of him he looks game, comes forward and likes to give it a go.

“I think that style brings out the best in my boxing but I won’t be getting an easy contest.

“I was supposed to be fighting a southpaw, whereas this guy is orthodox.”

Tonight’s show is being broadcast live on Spike (Freeview 31, Freesat 141, Sky 160) from 7pm and then Channel 5 from 10pm.

Meanwhile, Selby’s older brother Lee has said he is expecting to defend his IBF world featherweight belt against Jonathan Victor Barros in America this December.

Argentinean Barros, 32, has a record of 41 wins, four losses and one draw from his 46 outings and is a former WBA world featherweight champion.