Jarrell Miller: Heavyweight boxer involved in bizarre incident as hairpiece comes off during fight against Kingsley Ibeh
Heavyweight Jarrell Miller overcame a mid-fight hair misfunction to edge Kingsley Ibeh by split decision; Miller improves his professional fight record to 27-1 with his only defeat coming against Daniel Dubois in 2023
Sunday 1 February 2026 11:36, UK
Heavyweight boxer Jarrell Miller was involved in a bizarre incident during his win over Kingsley Ibeh when his hairpiece came off.
The moment happened towards the end of the second round of their clash at Madison Square Garden when Ibeh landed a series of punches and Miller's hairpiece started to come away from the front.
Miller finished the round then ripped it off in his corner and tossed it into the crowd, finishing the bout without it as he went on to clinch victory by split decision.
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"I get to my mama's house and I saw some shampoo bottles on the table. I shampooed, it was like ammonium bleach. I literally lost my hair like two days ago," explained Miller.
"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."
The bout was on the undercard of Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson's WBO super-lightweight title fight, which Stevenson won by unanimous decision.
Miller was scheduled to challenge Anthony Joshua in 2019 but failed a drugs test. He returned in 2022 and has only one defeat, to Daniel Dubois in 2023, with one draw against Andy Ruiz in 2024.
