A senior Navy officer has questioned the selection of an Army boxer over the Navy’s pugilist in the Indian squad for the upcoming Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The 10-member squad for the March 28-April 11 Asian meet includes nine Army boxers — the tenth is a boxer from Rajasthan, not from the defence services. Expressing concern about the BFI’s selection process, he alleges that it “lacks open selection trials” and also raises “non-availability of video recording of bouts”. READ MORE | Indian squad at Asian Boxing Championships 2026Story continues below this adHe said the men’s head coach, who is in his third stint, had also worked with Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh. “You can’t say that if the coach is from the Army, we can’t put him in the selection committee,” Malik said.

Source: Indian Express March 20, 2026 13:39 UTC