beard helps you take punches?

[puppy_dogg]

ofcourse a beard does'nt help you take punches but there's some mention of it in the offical rules supposedly.

[12 Gauge Shotty]

Beard?

so how is a beard supposed to help u take punches unless it was a bush and a very big 1 besides bearly any boxers have beards and if i saw a big 1 on on boxer