Australian boxer Harry Garside will put aside the personal disappointment of losing his opening bout of the Paris Olympics to support his teammates in their quest for gold.

Harry lost to Hungarian Richard Kovacs in the round of 16 of the men's 63.5kg division at the North Paris Arena.

The 27-year-old made a strong start and took the first of three rounds on points before Kovacs fought back to progress to the quarter-finals.

"It's a wild sport, it only comes around every four years and for it to be over just like that I feel very numb right now," Harry said.

"I could see the gold medal in all my visualisations and I don't know what went wrong.

"100 percent I will stick around (in Paris). I am a team man and want to support my team and I truly believe one of the other boxers still in the competition from Australia will win a gold medal, and I want to be in the stands when it happens.

"I love our country to bits and we deserve that gold medal. It's been a long, long time for us not to have a gold medal and I really hope it's this Olympics."

Fellow Australian Tyla McDonald lost her round of 16 bout to Maria Jose Palacios Espin from Ecuador in the women's 60kg division.

While disappointed with the result, the 21-year-old said she was determined to come back in four years' time.

"To be honest that whole moment just got to me. It's my first Olympics and I've never been so nervous so it was a lot," Tyla said.

"But no excuses, I didn't do what I needed to do, so that's on me.

"I felt really good (with my preparation). We were in Germany and had a training camp and felt fit, and coming into the Village was amazing, we have great facilities at the Australian headquarters so can't fault my preparation at all.

"I Absolutely want to come back bigger, better and stronger. I will obviously have a bit of a break and then LA 2028.”

Reece Homfray