By Sam Laskaris Writer She didn\u2019t have much competition. But Beth Smoke, a Six Nations member who lives in Sanborn, N.Y., is now a two-time American national boxing champion. Smoke, who is 13, took top honours in the girls\u2019 intermediate heavyweight category, at the 2024 Silver Gloves National Championship, which concluded on Feb. 3 in the Missouri city of Independence. The intermediate division is for those aged 13 and 14. And those in the heavyweight grouping must weigh 176 pounds or over. Smoke had to beat just one other competitor, from Arkansas, to claim the national title. The majority of participants at the national meet had to qualify to take part. But there were no other intermediate heavyweight entrants at Smoke\u2019s western New York local competition or her regional qualifier,… <\/p>\n
By Sam Laskaris Writer She didn\u2019t have much competition. But Beth Smoke, a Six Nations member who lives in Sanborn, N.Y., is now a two-time American national boxing champion. Smoke, who is 13, took top honours in the girls\u2019 intermediate heavyweight category, at the 2024 Silver Gloves National Championship, which concluded on Feb. 3 in the Missouri city of Independence. The intermediate division is for those aged 13 and 14. And those in the heavyweight grouping must weigh 176 pounds or over. Smoke had to beat just one other competitor, from Arkansas, to claim the national title. The majority of participants at the national meet had to qualify to take part. But there were no other intermediate heavyweight entrants at Smoke\u2019s western New York local competition or her regional qualifier,... <\/p>\n