Jarrell Miller won his boxing bout Saturday night — but lost his toupee in the process.
Miller, who picked up a split-decision win over Kingsley Ibeh in the undercard fight at the Garden on Saturday, absorbed a right-handed punch in the second round that knocked the fake hair right off his head, prompting it to flop in the air for a brief moment in the immediate aftermath.
Eventually, before the start of the next round, Miller ripped the toupee off entirely, tossed it into the crowd and finished the rest of the bout with the bald spot showing.
It stemmed from an incident two days ago when Miller used “ammonia bleach” at his mother’s house to wash his hair as opposed to shampoo, he said during an interview in the ring following the fight.
“I’m a comedian,” Miller said during his interview after the fight, according to ESPN. “You have to make fun of yourself.”
He also joked that Ibeh slapped “that s–t off” his head after Miller scrambled to figure out the toupee solution.
After securing his victory against Ibeh, too, Miller celebrated with a bit of dancing while rubbing the now-bald area on his head.
Miller’s record improved to 27-1-2 with the victory, and his fight Saturday marked his first since an August 2024 draw against Andy Ruiz.
The lone loss of his career occurred during a December bout against Daniel Dubois, and after originally being scheduled to fight in the Garden in 2019 against Anthony Joshua before a failed drug test, Miller finally made his debut at the venue Saturday.
Teofimo Lopez’s fight served as the main event against unbeaten Shakur Stevenson.
