New Delhi, May 13 -- The selection of the Indian boxing teams for the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will be based on trials after the controversial assessment system was scrapped. The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) announced on Tuesday that the new selection process will be the basis for the selection, to take place from Wednesday to Friday. The process was revised after the Sports Authority of India (SAI) did not approve of the assessment system in the wake of concerns raised by several boxers who alleged a lack of transparency and fairness in the process. The proposed changes were reported by HT on Monday. The evaluation system in boxing to select teams was brought in by the former High Performance Director Bernard Dunne in 2023. "The selection of boxers for the CWG, Asian Games, and other international competitions shall be conducted from May 13-15 at NS NIS Patiala. A revised evaluation system based on sparring performance shall be adopted in place of the existing assessment methodology," BFI secretary general Pramod Kumar said. "The scores obtained earlier in the sports science tests, weight management, health management and attendance shall stand withdrawn," BFI said. A five-judge scoring system will be used for all sparring bouts to ensure "greater transparency and fairness". BFI said scores shall be announced immediately after each bout....