LONDON A Muslim boxer banned from the ring for wearing a beard is at the centre of a row that some would see as splitting hairs and others as potentially an international incident over religious ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Muslim boxer banned from the ring for wearing a beard is at the centre of a row that some would see as splitting hairs and others ...

A MUSLIM boxer has been told he cannot compete in ... “As a Muslim I feel pretty strongly about not shaving and I haven’t cut my beard in three years. “It’s not that I like the look ...

so the referee can see clearly and quickly if there is a cut. The rule is there for the boxers’ own safety, not to discriminate against any particular religion.” Beards are banned in professional ...

“The boxer must be clean-shaven, beards are forbidden. A thin moustache may be allowed, but it must not exceed the length of the upper lip,” it states among its rules.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Oleksandr Usyk's team requested the Middle East Professional Boxing Commission at Friday's rules meeting to mandate that Tyson Fury trim his burly beard ahead of Saturday's ...