Holyfield provides glimpse of expected tactics for fight

      Evander Holyfield spent a little more than an hour Friday doing calisthenics, stretching and shadow boxing in preparation for his defense of his World Boxing Association heavyweight championship tonight against Mike Tyson at the MGM Grand Garden.
      Afterward, he teased the media about his strategy.
      "The things you saw me doing today are the things I'll probably win with," said Holyfield, who remains a 2-1 underdog in Nevada sports books. "If you saw it, try to remember what I did."
      What Holyfield will have to do to become the only man ever to beat Tyson twice are many of the same things he did in the first fight: Jab, be aggressive, use the double left hook and don't allow Tyson to use his vaunted power.
      Former undisputed champion Buster Douglas, who won the title from Tyson and lost it to Holyfield in a span of eight months in 1990, said Holyfield should try to keep Tyson on the defensive as much as possible.
      "Mike's a very aggressive fighter and he's at his best when he's the guy throwing the punches," Douglas said. "Evander didn't back down from him in the first fight and he can't this time."
      Holyfield trainer Donald Turner has called his fighter one of the physically strongest athletes in the history of the sport.
      Holyfield must use his strength to his advantage in moving Tyson off him, getting punching room for himself and tying the former champion up when he is on the attack inside.
      "People talk about that first fight and say that maybe Tyson should have punched to the body more," Turner said. "What's missing here? Don't you think Evander Holyfield had something to do with that?"
      Turner said the media made Tyson into something he is not and that prior to the first fight, no one was willing to take a look at his flaws.
      Turner said Tyson had fundamental flaws that made him beatable that the media did not report.
      "I don't see what guys are looking at who think Tyson is a better fighter," Turner said. "He's a great fighter. Technically, he's not as sound as Evander Holyfield. He's got more speed and he's got more power. But it doesn't boil down to that in fights of this magnitude. It boils down to ring generalship, brains and will. And Evander possesses all of those."
      Former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, who lost to both fighters, said Holyfield will have to stay busy and make Tyson adjust.
      One of Holyfield's best combinations in the first fight was the double left hook, first to the body and then to the head. That will be important for Holyfield to do this time around.
      "If Holyfield can land combinations, he's going to slow Mike down and Mike's strength is his offense," veteran trainer Eddie Futch said. Futch guided Riddick Bowe to a pair of victories over Holyfield.
      Holyfield said he is more prepared for this fight than his previous bout with Tyson. He said he is able to adjust to what Tyson does, but isn't so sure if Tyson will be able to adjust to him.
      Turner echoed that sentiment and said that despite Richie Giachetti replacing the inexperienced Jay Bright as Tyson's chief trainer, Tyson will fight the same style.
      "How differently can Tyson come out?" Turner asked. "I think we know what we're going to get and we're ready for what we'll see."