Holyfield trainer: Tyson doesn't think in ring

      Evander Holyfield's 11th-round victory over Mike Tyson seven months ago was an upset to almost everybody in the world but people in the Holyfield camp.
      "I thought from the very beginning Evander was the better fighter," said Holyfield's trainer, Don Turner, during a telephone conference call Wednesday.
      Holyfield stopped the heavily favored Tyson to shock the world and win the World Boxing Association's heavyweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden on Nov. 9.
      "First of all, Tyson is a little fighter," Turner said. "He has short arms. One-half step nullifies his viciousness. He has to change in the way he throws punches."
      Holyfield is training in Houston for the rematch with Tyson on June 28 at the MGM for Holyfield's WBA title.
      Tyson possessed an aura that he was unbeatable and intimidated opponents before they got into the ring. Many observers thought that probably happened to Frank Bruno and Bruce Seldon last year at the MGM.
      "He (Tyson) might look stronger and sneer," Turner said, "but when it comes down to a real fight, he is not the same fighter as Evander. He does not think as much as Evander."
      Turner was ambivalent in discussing Tyson and his abilities.
      On the one hand, Turner said: "This man (Tyson), for the combination of speed and power, is the best in the history of the division. Evander knows it."
      That being the case, if Tyson has those two important attributes, what does he lack? Again, Turner said Tyson is not a thinking fighter.
      "That is the main ingredient," Turner said.
      On the other hand, Turner says Tyson has been blown up as a fighter.
      "I think personally Evander has Tyson's number," Turner said. "I just think Tyson was overrated by the press anyway."
      Tyson was a 25-1 favorite when odds opened at the MGM. When the odds were posted at the MGM sports book after the postponement of their scheduled May 3 fight, Tyson was slightly more than a 2-1 favorite (minus 210).
      Tyson still was a minus 210 favorite Wednesday.
      While Turner thinks Tyson has been overrated, he thinks Holyfield has been underrated.
      "After the Holyfield fight with Tyson, I would probably place Evander in probably the top three of all time combined with everything," Turner said. "He beat the best guy in the division's history.
      "He (Holyfield) fights back with caution when he has to. He pushes caution aside when he wants to. He does everything it takes to be a great fighter."
      Turner said the other two fighters in his all-time top three would be Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes.
      "He (Evander) didn't have the foot speed of Ali," Turner said. "The smartest heavyweight, I always thought, was Larry Holmes."
      Turner trained Holmes for his unsuccessful bid against Holyfield for the undisputed heavyweight championship June 19, 1992, at Caesars Palace.
      Holyfield, trained by Emanuel Steward at the time, took a unanimous decision over Holmes.