She said it would be great to see more female boxers taking to the ring just as her family were doing.
"I coach female fighters and I want to look more into that," said Smith, who co-owns Parnell's Boxing Alley where Monty Betham is a trainer. "I have a degree in that [coaching], I love it and I have a passion in that."
But, ladies, be warned, it's not for the soft. When asked if taking punches hurt, Smith returned: "Yeah, but you don't feel it at the time. I've got a few bruises but that's okay. It's a battle and a war [in the ring]."
Just hours prior to Smith's fight, there had been confusion around whether or not the tough Northlander would even have a match-up. Smith's original opponent withdrew a few weeks earlier due to injury, and was then replaced by Blencowe. However, at Wednesday's weigh-in, Blencowe was struggling to make the required weight. She was left with an ultimatum to lose one kilogram in three hours or not step into the ring, which she met.
The younger and vastly inexperienced Blencowe then took it to Smith in the early rounds of Thursday's 10 two-minute rounds, throwing about double the number of punches thrown.
Smith said it's exactly what she expected despite the pre-fight disruptions, adding that it might have been a different story if she pulled finger and executed what she had planned. "We'd prepared for a tough opponent; a very strong girl, an Australian, and that's what we got. You can't let those things [fight changes] faze your focus.
"I was to do a little bit more but didn't get off my butt. I was supposed to attack her body and take it out of her, and I didn't. She actually said she felt the shots to the body but I didn't do it enough."
Meanwhile, in the night's main event, New Zealand's Joseph Parker announced his arrival in the ranks of respected heavyweights last night with a second round knockout which pitched durable South African heavyweight Francois Botha into retirement.
After the fight, Botha acknowledged that his 62-fight, 23-year career was over - although he is not quite done with boxing yet.
"He [Parker] proved it tonight," said Botha when asked if Parker was a better boxer than Sonny Bill Williams, who defeated Botha in controversial circumstances in their fight recently. "He is much, much better and he has a really good future."
Results:On the undercard, the bouts were decided as follows:
Marcel Botha (South Africa) defeated Jeremy Sebastian (Australia) - welterweight, unanimous decision.
Sam Rapira (NZ) defeated Viliami Taofi (Tonga) - light heavyweight, referee stopped contest, rd 1.
Daniella Smith (NZ) lost to Arlene Blencowe (Australia) - women's WIBA light welterweight world title, unanimous decision.
Bryce Casey (The Rock) defeated Nickson Clark (Mai FM), unanimous decision.
Jordan Tuigamala (NZ) defeated Joey Allen (NZ) - super middleweight, unanimous decision.
Colin Lane lost to Matthew Wood (dwarf boxing) - unanimous decision.
