Really? I've always felt the general consensus is that beards usually seem to remove your more important 'beard'. Hendricks excepting, of course. Seriously, as soon as I saw him with that massive beard I got all superstitious and thought 'yeah, prolly gonna get KO'd now'
I've noticed threads about Nelson and others, that people claim it cushions the blow. I say grow 'em out and show your manliness. Beardo's!
