NEW DELHI: Contrary to claims made by Indian boxing’s high-performance director (HPD) Bernard Dunne that he has done away with the selection trials and that the ‘evaluation test’ of boxers at the national camps will be the way forward, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) on Tuesday informed that no such decision has been approved by its selection committee and that they would continue with the practice of holding trials, if need be.
According to multiple sources in the BFI, at the federation’s annual general meeting (AGM) held in Ghaziabad on March 25, it was decided to form a committee to finalise selection procedure for future championships – including holding of the trials – and to look at the proposal submitted by Dunne, where the HPD has called for an evaluation test every week to decide the rankings of boxers. It’s been learnt that Dunne has already picked the team in 13 weight categories for the men’s World Championships in Tashkent from May 1 to 14, based on his own assessment process.
