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However, the free-swinging Bonavena soon ran into trouble outside the ring with remarks such as calling Muhammad Ali a black kangaroo and even a chicken for draft dodging. Ali was furious. Oscar's one of the few to at times upstage Ali in pre-fight press conferences. When he much later saw Ali seated ringside at the Foreman-Norton fight he went over and started a big slanging match. In his pre-fight press conference with Frazier he needled effectively by implying Frazier had a personal hygiene problem. He would start sniffing and grimace. Lawsuits were brought about by reporters with broken cameras; and other such "colorful" behavior. He was always volatile trainers soon discovered.
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