US EditionJarrell Miller's Hairpiece Knocked Off and Tossed Into Crowd at Madison Square Garden
Jarrell Miller removed and threw his emergency toupee into the crowd after it was dislodged by punches, then won a split decision, improving his record to 27-1-2.
- On Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, heavyweight boxer Jarrell Miller tore off his dislodged hairpiece and threw it into the crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
- Kingsley Ibeh's second-round flurry, capped by a right uppercut, lifted Miller's hairpiece, which he wore after losing his hair two days ago from a bleach-like shampoo at his mother's house.
- Ringside figures including Fabio Wardley, WBO heavyweight champion, and Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council, recovered the hairpiece while it was passed around and photographed in the crowd by Skye Nicolson, Australian women's boxing champion and Olympian.
- The incident quickly went viral as Miller won by split decision with judges' scores of 97-93, 97-93 and 94-96, sparking widespread social media reaction.
- On the Lopez–Stevenson undercard, Jarrell Miller fought at Madison Square Garden where his past controversies, including a canceled 2019 bout with Anthony Joshua after a failed drug test, drew attention.
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Boxing fans at Madison Square Garden witnessed a thrilling fight above the ring on Saturday. In the midst of an exchange of punches in a heavyweight fight, a boxer's wig came off.
Jarrell Miller was asked about the unexpected and attributed the use of the wig to... washing his hair with bleach at his mother's house which forced him to urgently find a wig.
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