LEE Selby has every intention of letting his boxing do the talking tonight as he looks to silence motormouth Josh Warrington in front of the Yorkshireman’s raucous supporters.

Not all of the challenger’s fans have extended a warm welcome to St Joseph’s ace Selby in Leeds this week, with some unsavoury scenes at yesterday’s weigh-in cranking up the tension further.

Matters weren’t helped by Nick Manners, a member of Warrington’s training team, who fanned the flames when he brandished two blow up sheep and held them above trainer Tony Borg’s head.

And Warrington’s followers are set to give the Welshman and his camp another frosty reception when the two fighters go head-to-head at Elland Road later today.

But Selby, who defends his IBF world featherweight title for the fifth time, has no intention of letting himself get caught up in anything happening outside the ring.

He is focused on keeping his crown, ending Warrington’s unbeaten pro record and setting up another huge all-British showdown with Northern Ireland’s Carl Frampton.

“It’s a grudge match for him, not for me,” said Selby, 31. “I’ve got respect for any fighter that gets in the ring because I know what it takes with all the hard work and sacrifices you’ve got to make.

“He has got a grudge against me and is trying to get me involved, but he’s just another opponent to me and it’s just another fight.

“I don’t know why he’s got a grudge against me, and I don’t care either. I suppose all the talk is just part of the job in these big fights but it doesn’t bother me. He can say what he likes, I’m not one for talking.

“At the end of the day we’re going to fight and the winner will win, the loser will lose.”

He added: “He’s decent, quite busy, got a good jab, and he’s had experience with championship fights for the titles that were mine. He’s an all-round decent fighter and unbeaten for a reason.

“I’m lucky, I don’t really need motivation, just training to win the fight is enough motivation for me.

“I train the same no matter who I’m fighting, and as long as I’m right I’ll be okay.”

Selby, who prepared for tonight’s showdown by travelling to Los Angeles for sparring, envisages a meeting with Frampton will take place in the latter’s homeland this summer.

“That’s the one being talked about if I come through this okay, straight into a fight with Frampton in August,” he said. “It’s looking like Belfast.

“The problem with Wales is we haven’t got a suitable arena. I think I’ve outgrown the Motorpoint Arena, I’ve sold it out twice, and the next step up is the Principality Stadium which is obviously too big at the moment.”

Selby won’t be the only St Joes boxer steeping into the ring tonight.

Unbeaten Fred Evans faces Cameroon’s Serge Ambomo in a four-round middleweight contest.