Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis

He is making a comeback this Wednesday against Hector Camacho Jr., at home in Guyana. :blood He turned 41 last month, and has been out of the ring for three and a half years.

Frankly it seems a little strange to me that he was ever a world titlist, but he was. It isn't that he was unskilled...he just wasn't skilled enough IMO to offset his fragility and his tendency to play around on the damn train tracks and not GTFO of the way when the whistle blew.

He started his career kicking around cans (and Terrence Ali) in Guyana in the mid 90's, then came over to the US to beat on some more cans (and Teddy Reid) in the late 90's.

Then came the third phase of his career, the brief championship run. He won a title from James Page. (That name might ring a bell? He obtained the vacant WBA belt with a memorable KO of a poor hapless Russian fellow and thrice defended it before Lewis spoiled his rhythm with that irritating woodpecker right jab and ultimately knocked him out of the sport and spiraling into a long prison term, but never really distinguished himself with any in-ring accomplishments more than he did in sparring by dropping a peak ODLH...)

Lewis made one successful defense, against Larry Marks. Who? Yeah, exactly. Larry No-Marks, more like.

Then old Six Heads had the misfortune to run into the snarling Cereberus that was Mayorga & Margarito in their barbarically fearsome primes. See, old Andy was a cute enough southpaw bouncing around doing his work when you left him to it - but he couldn't very well handle any real pressure, or take a big punch to save his life. Mayorga of that time and Margarito of that time both made up for the enormity they lacked in finesse with an utter mastery of pipe-busting pressure and hurling big dangerous punches with bad intentions.

Then came Phase 5 of his career, battling tooth and nail for the consolation prize of national titles back in Guyana. A trilogy with Denny Dalton and a loss to Howard Eastman rounded out his career...until now.

Phase 6. :think Macho Jr., just one fight removed from his **** by David Lemieux. They've got a common opponent in Dalton, as Camacho outpointed him a couple of years ago.

This is kind of interesting, in the sense that it's a bit difficult to hash out who will win - but I'm also kind of glad it's happening in Guyana on a Wednesday and not taking up an American TV date on a weekend. :yep (even as a co-feature/undercard bout)

Is anyone old school enough to remember Lewis' initial rise up the ranks? As he was flashing in the pan, did he seem to you a solid guy who'd be around the title picture for a long time? Did you think you'd see him in 2012 against the son of someone he could have easily been matched up with back in the mid 90's?