Canadian boxers looks to punch their ticket to Paris Olympics at Bangkok qualifier

Bantamweight Scarlett Delgado leads a team of nine Canadian boxers trying to fight their way into this summer's Paris Olympic field at a last-ditch world qualification tournament in Bangkok.

The Bangkok qualifier, which starts Friday and runs through June 3 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark, will determine the final 51 quota places for the Paris Games. Just making the Olympic field is an accomplishment, given the sport's popularity around the world and the fact each country can have no more than one competitor in a weight class. More than 75 countries took part in boxing at the Tokyo Games.

Christopher Lindsay, Boxing Canada's executive director, says Canada would be"very happy" to qualify one or two more boxers. Delgado, who competed in freestyle wrestling before boxing, has unique style that can be difficult for opponents to decipher, he added.A good number of the Canadian boxers in Bangkok are probably aiming more at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

Thibeault and Sanford were also at the camp but have returned home, with fellow fighter Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh and coach Vincent Auclair, to continue their preparations. Al-Ahmadieh is a younger fighter who is in the same weight class as Sanford and is serving as a training partner.

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