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17th September 2017
03:44am BST

"I’ve never had somebody with a beard in a fight, at least not to that length," Sanchez added. "One- or two-day stubble, everybody does that. They’re concentrating on boxing and maybe don’t shave for a couple days, but (Canelo’s beard), that’s not a couple days.
"It could rough his face up, they’ll be fighting on the inside. There’s no reason for it to be there."
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has a quarter of an inch limit on facial hair length and the commission's executive director, Bob Bennett, had absolutely no objections to the Alvarez's distinctive red beard.
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