Ricardo Mayorga should be advised to brush up on his swimming skills or so the management of World Boxing Association welterweight champion Andrew `Sixhead' Lewis is suggesting.

Averaging 4.6 rounds per fight Mayorga, the World Boxing Association number one ranked welterweight, is not a `regular' going into late rounds.

Lewis' handlers think that they have the capacity to exploit Mayorga's `deficiency'. "We know that we can take Mayorga into the deep waters and drown him. We know who we are fighting and are prepared," Fernandez said by way of phone yesterday from the United States.

"I'm not one hundred percent but 1,000 percent sure that at the end of the fight Andrew Lewis will retain his title. Mayorga is scared. We know that he will come running with the right hand just like he did in the first fight. We are prepared," Fernandez stressed.

Late last week the champion warned that the fight will not go past five rounds but his manager has shown more patience and has listed the 10th round as lights out time.

"He is going to quit in the corner because he knows if he comes back out he will be taken out of the ring horizontally," a confident manager Nelson Fernandez declared.

Lewis will put his WBA title on the line against Mayorga on Saturday in what many believe will be his toughest fight to date. The two first met last July but an accidental clash of heads resulted in the fight being halted early in round two and a technical draw being declared.

Fernandez said that Lewis will wrap up sparring tomorrow with a four-round session and travels to Reading Pennsylvania, site of the fight, the following day.

The champion left the gym yesterday one pound over the 147 pound-welterweight limit his manager noted. "This is possibly the best camp we have had. `Six' is focused and we are 1,000 percent business. `Six' never had a weight problem and we will make the welterweight limit comfortably."

The official weigh-in is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. The following morning both fighters will be required to visit the scale for a second time and will not be allowed to weigh more than 10 pounds recorded the previous day "I understand that a lot of Guyanese live in Philadelphia and will be coming to watch this fight. Also I've heard that many will be making the trip from Brooklyn to see their hero."

Fernandez echoed a statement made earlier by the champion. "Without a doubt he is in better shape than when he was preparing for James Page. There has been no outside interference this time and `Six' has been able to remain focus. Most of the work has been done and we are now awaiting the big night."

Saturday's world title bout is one of two on the Showtime card. IBF junior bantamweight champion Felix Machado clashes with undefeated Martin Castillo in the main supporting bout.

In addition, former world champions Oliver McCall and Frankie Liles meet respective opponents on the undercard.