Can I prevent the Puppetmaster from putting me in an Iron Maiden?

In Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, the Puppetmaster (Chapter 2) has this awful ability in which he places a voodoo doll into an iron maiden, which then swaps places with you, leaving you to take the 130+ damage from said iron maiden.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening? If so, how?

According to this Castlevania wiki article, you should be able to destroy the doll before he's able to place it in the iron maiden:

If he's within reach of an iron maiden, he will create a puppet in his hand, the player must strike the doll 3 times in Normal mode and more in Hard mode before he throws the puppet into the maiden, teleporting the player to that location and doing massive damage in the process.