SOUTHPAW welterweight Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis was in a no-nonsense mood on the night of February 20, 1999. Lewis knocked out American John Stewart, also a southpaw, in the first round of a bout scheduled for eight.The contest was held at the world-famous Madison Square Garden in New York and was the 17th for the 28-year-old Lewis, who earned his sixth first-round KO in the process. The fight turned out to be the last for Stewart.

Lewis graduated and four fights later was crowned Guyana’s first world champion. He would defeat Larry `Laser’ Marks in the first defence of the World Boxing Association welterweight title. Lewis last fought in October 2008.
He was on a come-back trail early this year with a scheduled fight against Jamaican Sakima Mullings. However, he sustained an injury to his collarbone causing him to pull out of the contest.