Jarrell Miller Speaks Out After Having His Hair Punched Off During Boxing Match

Jarrell Miller has reacted to losing his hairpiece (yes, that really happened) during his split-decision win over Kingsley Ibeh, a moment that brought gasps from those in attendance at Madison Square Garden.

The 37-year-old, who was back in action for the first time since August 2024, when he fought Andy Ruiz to a majority draw, was just two rounds into his heavyweight clash when Ibeh landed a shot that knocked Miller's toupee off the front of his head.

Moments later, the hairpiece could be seen flopping around. In fact, after being barely attached to the back of Miller’s head for a while, the heavyweight eventually threw the toupee into the crowd.

Miller's bout against Ibeh was on the undercard of the WBO super lightweight title fight between Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez, but the unusual toupee incident grabbed all the headlines on Saturday night.

Speaking in his post-fight interview, the American explained how a poor choice of shampoo caused him to lose all his hair.

"I get to my mama's house and I saw some shampoo bottles on the table," Miller told DAZN.

"I shampooed and it was like ammonium bleach. I literally lost my hair like two days ago. So I called my manager and said, 'Get me one of those manes,' and I slapped that on real quick."

"It's funny, man. I'm a comedian and you've got to make fun of yourself," added Miller. "You can’t take life too seriously sometimes, you’ve got to roll with the punches.”

Miller also mentioned the shampoo faux pas in his post-match chat with iFLTV as the former NABA and NABO heavyweight champion spoke about the build-up to his latest bout against Kingsley Ibeh.

“Just getting to this moment was so much trials and tribulations. From getting approved to dealing with a lot of back door stuff," he said.

“People were just trying to railroad me but thank God my manager Spencer was working diligently around the clock to get me a fight on this card. Fights were falling through, it’s been stressful, I lost my friend a couple of weeks ago in a car accident and my aunt was in a car accident."

He added: “Then I get to New York, I’m washing my hair and all my hair f—ing drops out. It’s f—ing ammonia and bleach in the bottle and I’m like ‘f— it, if it falls off during the fight I’m just going to make fun of it’ and sure enough it fell off in the fight.”