Ronald Vincent 'Vince' Smith is a male retired boxer who competed for England.

Boxing career

Smith represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and won a

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in the light-heavyweight (-81 Kg) division, at the

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. He was the National Champion in 1978 after winning the prestigious 1978 ABA light-heavyweight Championship, boxing for the Kyrle Hall ABC.

References

English male boxers Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Light-heavyweight boxers Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing {{UK-boxing-bio-stub