NEW YORK
Boxer Jarrell Miller was hit with such a good punch it knocked his hair off.
The heavyweight was facing Kingsley Ibeh on Saturday night when Ibeh landed a flurry of shots in the second round that caused a roar from the crowd, despite not looking particularly hard.
But one of the punches knocked Miller’s head backward, and his hairpiece popped upward from the front, revealing a large bald spot that covered most of his head.
Miller finished the round with the hairpiece, then ripped it off in his corner between rounds and tossed it into the crowd at Madison Square Garden. He went on to win the fight by split decision, then rubbed the top of his head while doing a celebratory dance.
In a post-fight interview, Miller attributed the loss of his hair to a bottle of shampoo he said he had used at his mother’s house just days earlier.
The Brooklyn boxer was fighting on the undercard of an event topped by Teofimo Lopez’s title bout against unbeaten Shakur Stevenson, marking Miller’s first appearance at Madison Square Garden.
Miller had been scheduled to fight at the arena against then-heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in 2019 but was replaced after failing a drug test. Andy Ruiz stepped in and famously upset Joshua.
By James Kisoo
