Three-time Canadian boxing champion McKenzie Wright of Niagara-on-the-Lake is heading to Cali, Colombia later this month for a Pan American Games qualifying event. Success in Cali will allow her to move on to the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile in October for a chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A fundraiser is being held at the Sandtrap Pub and Grill on Mary Street next Wednesday, July 19, to help Mckenzie with the costs of the trip. She receives no provincial or federal funding to compete at these games. Admission to the event from 3 to 5 p.m. is $20. Come out and meet Mckenzie as well as two-time Canadian Olympian Mandy Bujold of Kitchener, Ontario, and support McKenzie's quest.