As an amateur, Nofire was named Oklahoma State Champion in the Super Heavyweight Division and went on to participate in the 2010 National Golden Gloves boxing tournament as the Kansas-Oklahoma regional representative.
[6][7] In 2011, Nofire moved to Miami, Florida, where he met John David Jackson, a former two-time world champion.
[8] Nofire made his heavyweight debut on August 26, 2011, at The Joint's Xtreme Fight Night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa.
[18] Nofire topped a field of seven candidates in the general election that occurred on June 1, 2019, advancing himself to the July Runoff.
[20] Nofire received endorsement from Incumbent David Walkingstick and former Cherokee Nation Principal Chad Smith .
Hoskin described the allegations as "unhinged conspiracy theory.” [23] Nofire ran for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in 2022.
She described his statements as "border[ing] on being treasonous and traitorous to Cherokee Nation.”[26] He placed seventh and failed to qualify for the runoff.
[28] He lost the election to incumbent principal chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.[29] On September 5, 2023, Nofire was appointed the Native American Affairs Liaison of Oklahoma by Governor Kevin Stitt.
"[23] Shambaugh later published an op-ed in the Cherokee Phoenix comparing Nofire to General George Armstrong Custer's Native American scouts and criticizing his appointment because of his "peddl[ing] in fact-free unhinged and ideologically extreme conspiracy theories that pose a danger of political violence" such as the Jewish Indian theory, implying principal chief Hoskins is "the biblical 'beast'" otherwise known as Satan, and accusing the Cherokee Nation of child trafficking.
[31][32] The Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes unanimously voted to approve a resolution expressing no confidence in Nofire and describing the Native American Affairs Liaison position as ineffective under Governor Stitt.