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\nHeavyweight boxer Jarrell Miller’s toupee was “knocked off” his head while fighting Kingsley Ibeh on Saturday, Jan. 31The shocking moment occurred during the second round of the bout at New York’s Madison Square GardenIn a post-fight interview, Miller revealed that he “lost” his natural hair two days before getting in the ring<\/p>\n
Boxer Jarrell Miller didn’t let his hairpiece being knocked off stop him from defeating Kingsley Ibeh at New York’s Madison Square Garden.\n<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Jan. 31, the heavyweight boxer, 37, was punched several times while fighting Ibeh, 32, eventually causing his toupee to lift off his head. In footage shared by the boxing outlet Ring Magazine on X<\/a>, Miller’s toupee can be seen flapping after it dislodged.\n<\/p>\n He went on to toss his toupee towards the crowd before returning to the match, as seen in a video posted on X<\/a> by DAZN Boxing.\n<\/p>\n Miller seemed unfazed after he lost his hairpiece during the second round of the fight as he went on to win the match by a split decision, per ESPN<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Jarrell Miller reacts to his toupee falling off while fightin Kingsley Ibeh on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n Ishika Samant\/Getty<\/p>\n In a post-fight interview, Miller revealed that he lost his natural hair days before the bout, after shampooing with \u201cammonia bleach.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cI get to my mama’s house. She had some shampoo bottles under her table and I shampooed it,\u201d said Miller, per Ring Magazine<\/a>. \u201cYo, the s–t was like ammonium bleach. I literally lost my hair like two days ago. So I called my man, he was like, \u2018Let me slap that s–t on, real quick!\u2019 Ibeh knocked that s–t off.”\n<\/p>\n Miller’s return to the ring on Saturday came after a 17-month hiatus, following his Andy Ruiz fight to a majority draw in August 2024, per ESPN.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The heavyweight boxer addressed the toupee incident on his Instagram<\/a>, writing, \u201cHair today gONe tomorrow lmfao \ud83d\ude02. Year and a half off, that\u2019s a lot of ring rust, but we got the win \ud83e\udd47 thank GOD. On to the next\u2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n