Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright moves on at Olympic qualifier

Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright won a 5-0 decision over Argentina's Aldana Florencia Lopez on Friday to advance to the round of eight in the women's 50-kilogram division at a last-ditch Olympic qualifier.

The 33-year-old from St. Davids, Ont., whose opponent was a bronze medallist at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, meets Serbia's Nina Radovanovic on Saturday.

But Sara Kali, a 32-year-old from Montreal, lost her round-of-eight bout 5-0 to Cape Verde's Ivanusa Moreira in the 66-kilogram class.

Scarlett Delgado, 28-year-old from Brampton, Ont., faces Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg in a round-of-eight bout in the 54-kilogram class Saturday at Haumark Stadium. The 25-year-old Mongolian was a bronze medallist at the 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships.

Canadians Terris Smith, Junior Petanqui, Keven Beausejour and Doni Foreman have already lost.

The Bangkok qualifier, which runs through Monday, will determine the final 51 quota places (23 for women and 28 for men) for the Paris Games this summer.

Canada has already qualified two boxers for Paris, which features 13 weight classes — seven for men and six for women.

Middleweight Tammara Thibeault (75 kilograms) and welterweight Wyatt Sanford (63.5 kilograms) booked their ticket by virtue of gold-medal performances at last year's Pan American Games. Both were members of Canada's five-boxer team for the Tokyo Olympics and Thibeault was a world champion in 2022.