Kicker: Keeping your head

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MARY REICHARD, HOST: In New York, boxer Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller took a punch at Madison Square Garden—and something shook loose.

RINGSIDE ANNOUNCER: Oh, wow, he’s losing his hair! (Bell rings x3)

In the second round, Miller’s ill-fitting hairpiece popped with every punch.

Ringside announcers could not believe it.

Miller finished the round and returned to his corner—still unsure what had happened, as he said on The Breakfast Club on iHeart Radio.

HOST: Did it hurt more than any punch you took that night?

MILLER: It’s so funny, because I didn’t realize it came off, but I felt a draft.

Thankfully, MSG media didn't miss it:

MILLER: I’m gonna look at the Jumbotron, because the Jumbotron will have the replay. So when I went like this, and I said, ‘Oh, they got me!’ I said, ‘Well, we gonna roll with it — let’s go, baby.’ And I got up, I toss it in the crowd, and I said, ‘It’s time to get back to work!’

And he did get back to work after tossing the toupee for a souvenir! And he won the fight, proving that you can lose your hair at Madison Square, but still keep your head.

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