Hair today, gone tomorrow: Boxer’s wig slip during live fight has fans in stitches
Fight fans were left stunned over the weekend when a professional boxing match ended with one opponent suffering a seriously bad hair day.
American Jarrell Miller was in against Kinglsey Ibeh at a fight night held at Maddison Square Garden on Saturday night.
The fight went down to the judges score cards, with Miller winning on a split decision. One thing he did lose, though? His hair!
Fight fans were left stunned over the weekend when a professional boxing match ended with one opponent suffering a seriously bad hair day. Pic: Ishika Samant/Getty Images
Following a flurry of punches from Ibeh, Miller’s headpiece came loose, with the 37-year-old throwing it into the crowd during one of the breaks.
While that was strange enough, it was Miller’s admission following his victory that had people shocked even further.
‘I get to my mama’s house and she has some shampoo bottles on the table,’ he revealed,’I shampooed, it was like ammonium bleach. I literally lost my hair like two days ago.
Following a flurry of punches from Ibeh, Miller’s headpiece came loose, with the 37-year-old throwing it into the crowd during one of the breaks. Pic: Ishika Samant/Getty Images
‘So I called me manager, “Get me on of the manes,” and I slapped that on real quick… I’m a comedian, I make fun of myself.’
Social media users took to the comments with many finding the moment hilarious, though others hoped Miller didn’t take the embarrassing moment to heart.
‘Poor guy,’ one wrote, ‘It is funny, I laughed, but I honestly hope he sees the humour in it too and doesn’t take it to heart.
The fight went down to the judges score cards, with Miller winning on a split decision. One thing he did lose, though? His hair! Pic: Ishika Samant/Getty Images
‘Stuff happens. I can only imagine how embarrassing this must be for him. Hopefully he’s good.’
Another commented: ‘Funny dude. Take your L [loss].’
‘At least he was a good sport about it,’ a third confirmed, ‘LOL [laugh out loud].’
The clash was part of the undercard for the Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson WBO super-lightweight title fight, which saw Stevenson win on a unanimous decision.
Closer to home, Katie Taylor has reiterated her interest in boxing at Croke Park as she last month admitted 2026 was likely to be her last year boxing competitively.
The Bray Bomber last year stepped away from boxing, which came following her third win over Amanda Serrano earlier in the summer.
Speaking on Ireland AM in January, Katie told Deric Hartigan she wanted to have her ‘final fight’ at the GAA HQ.
‘This will probably be my last year in the ring, I’d say, and I’d love to end my career here in Ireland, and Croke Park is looking very nice today, isn’t it?
‘Please make it happen. I want to end my career here.’
