Can Paul Williams come back from this?

[Diane]

dude needs to shave that pathetic goatee!

If I'm not mistaken, can't a fighter request for their opposition to shave that shit off if they feel it could be troublesome during the fight? As in, if they are holding and he rubs that shit in someone's eye or into a cut, because he could easily do that with his height advantage. I would request it, just to get into his head.

There is def. a rule but I've never really seen it enforced.
I mean boxers like Duran, John Ruiz and recently Haye have fought with full grown beards...

I thought so, but wasn't positively sure.

Maybe no one has ever requested it yet? Like I said, I would, just to get into his head, and to piss him off.