Guyanese boxing trainers in New York were yesterday divided on the modus operandi World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Andrew `Sixhead' Lewis should use in his title defence against Ricardo Mayorga on Saturday night.

Brothers Reginald and Patrick Forde advised that the champion should box for the opening rounds while former Commonwealth lightweight champion Lennox Blackmore urged `The Albouystown Cyclone' to go for the jugular from the first bell.

Reggie, the elder Forde claimed that it is important that Lewis not go into early exchanges with challenger Mayorga but should utilise his boxing talents for the first four rounds of the fight.

"I see Lewis winning inside the distance. If he boxes for the first four rounds, he will take out Mayorga before 12. We have to remember that Lewis is the champion and the other guy is coming to take his title.

All `Sixhead' needs to do is to use a steady jab early, frustrate his opponent, then move in for the kill," Reggie Forde said from the world famous Gleason's Gym in New York.

"Lewis has the capacity and temperament to do just that. I think that after four rounds this fight will be a one sided affair and that is if it gets that far," Reggie Forde added.

Reggie's younger sibling Patrick, a former Commonwealth featherweight champion and also a trainer at Gleason's echoed the same sentiment but was a little more cautious.

"As a southpaw Lewis need not to go after Mayorga for the first couple of rounds. He should move back and box. The last time the two of them met it started as if he was the challenger. He went seeking Mayorga. He came out wrong and was hurt at least three times in that fight. I think that the two cuts he received over his eyes were a blessing in disguise," Forde claimed.

"Mayorga is an average kid. With Lewis' experience, he should be able to sort him (Mayorga) out in two rounds.

As the champion, Lewis should let the challenger come and get it. If Mayorga goes after `Sixhead' and Sixhead' goes after Mayorga then it would be a head-on collision. I think that Lewis also has to fight, off angles. That will force Mayorga off of where he is most comfortable. Lewis should not go searching for his man," Forde warned.

However, Blackmore disagreed with the views of the brothers claiming that the Guyanese needs to show early aggression. "He needs to stamp his authority from the opening round. He has to be more aggressive than in the first fight," Blackmore said.

"I think that Mayorga is overconfident. He will try mixing in one of the rounds, do something stupid and get knocked out."

In his first fight of the year, the 31 year old southpaw champion defends against Mayorga at the Sovereign Centre in Reading, Pennsylvania, which is soon to see an inflow of Guyanese. The fight will be televised live on the Showtime channel.