Adviser to President Jagdeo, Odinga Lumumba, announced that the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym, would be completed tomorrow and would be officially opened some time next week.

Lumumba made the announcement yesterday during the civic reception for World Boxing Council Cruiserweight champion Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite and World Boxing Association Super Lightweight (Junior Welterweight) champion Vivian ‘Vicious’ Harris, at City Hall.

“It is one of the most modern gyms in the world,” Lumumba said.

With the gym’s completion, the promise made by President Bharrat Jagdeo on the night Lewis gave Guyana the country’s first world title on February 17, 2001, will be fulfilled.

President Jagdeo was in Albouystown and watched Lewis knocked out American James Page in round seven to give Guyana the country's first world title and Head of State immediately made the commitment.

The new gym stands in the spot of the old Young Achievers Gym in Albouystown on Independence Boulevard. Both the gym and the boulevard were renamed in May after the ‘Sixhead’ during his return home after successfully defending the title on April 30, last year.

But seven months would elapse before construction was commissioned and the $16.2 million contract awarded to Alex Mahaica.

On December 28, last year, President Jagdeo officially started dismantling the old gym to make way for construction of the modern training facility.

"What Lewis has done for Guyana, many people in politics, or in economics and many other areas would never do for this country - he has given us name recognition abroad," President Jagdeo declared.

The two-storeyed facility will cost $16 243 185 and would house 20 athletes in training, with access to a laundry room and kitchen.

It will, also, have an executive room and a modern boxing ring, along with seating accommodation for 100 spectators to mini tournaments.

In addition, there will be outdoor training area for skipping and weightlifting, among other activities.