(This story first appeared on USA TODAY Sports.)
The Ring 6 card leading up to the premier fight between Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez Jr. has been entertaining thus far. And not necessarily just because of the boxing.
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The heavyweight bout between Jarrell Miller and Kingsley Ibeh featured one of the more bizarre (and hilarious) things ever seen in boxing, maybe even something that hasn’t been seen before.
In the second round, Miller took a hard punch from Ibeh that quite literally knocked his wig off his head. What was apparently a toupee came unglued and loose, detaching from Miller’s head.
Miller smiled at the hit that took his hair off, and he fully removed and tossed the piece into the crowd at Madison Square Garden after the round.
Miller ultimately won by split decision to improve to 27-1-2, including 22 knockouts. Ibeh fell to 16-4-1 with 14 KOs.
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Miller was all smiles and high energy following the fight. He joked that Ibeh “slapped that (stuff) off.”
As for the toupee, it was passed around the crowd before being safely recovered and tended to by the president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaimán, and British professional boxer Fabio Wardley.
This story has been updated with new information.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Boxer Jarrell Miller’s hair gets knocked off mid-fight in viral moment
