That's not an Axis Sport, it's an Axis. The Axis was offered for a brief time with a pickguard. The 1998-99 Guitar Buyer's Guide has a picture of an Axis with a pickguard in it.
I've been thinking of putting a Floyd on my Axis Sport. For some reason the serial number doesn't exist in EB's database, so whatever I do to the guitar that looks factory must be factory It's an authentic fake