Surreal Incident During Boxing Undercard
In a surreal moment during the undercard of the highly anticipated boxing match between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson, heavyweight fighter Jarrell Miller experienced an unusual incident that caught the crowd’s attention. During the second round of his bout against Kingsley Ibeh, Miller found his toupee dislodged after a punch sent the hairpiece flying back on his head, barely clinging to the rear.
Audience Reaction
The incident, which unfolded at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden, elicited gasps and laughs from the audience as the hairpiece peeled away dramatically. Embracing the lightheartedness of the moment, Miller responded by yanking off the toupee and tossing it into the crowd, all while playfully sticking out his tongue and laughing, before continuing to fight with a ring of hair remaining atop his head.
Jarrell Miller’s Controversial History
At 37, Miller is no stranger to controversy in the boxing world. He is widely known for a previous fight that fell through in 2019 against Anthony Joshua, a cancellation that resulted from a failed drug test prior to the match. This was not the first time Miller faced such scrutiny; he had previously failed drug tests during both his kickboxing career in 2014 and as a boxer again in 2020.
Significant Boxing Events
The fight with Joshua eventually saw Joshua take on Andy Ruiz Jr, who, in a stunning upset, handed Joshua his first professional defeat via TKO. That unexpected turn of events also took place at Madison Square Garden, linking the two significant events in Miller’s boxing narrative.
