Based on Netflix, 60 million households globally tuned in dwell to see Mike Tyson tackle Jake Paul, within the streaming large’s first foray into dwell boxing. Nevertheless, many customers reported ‘glitches’ and expressed their frustration on social media platforms.
“We crashed the positioning,” mentioned Paul, 27, after claiming victory over the 58-year-old Tyson. “That is the largest occasion.” Greater than 100,000 customers reported community points on the Downdetector web site all through the dwell streaming, commenting on gradual buffering and community points. The streaming firm has not commented on the allegations.
Nevertheless, the streaming large acknowledged practically 50 million households globally tuned in dwell for the co-main occasion of Serrano vs. Taylor occasion. Moreover, it’s prone to be the most-watched skilled ladies’s sporting occasion in US historical past, it mentioned.
As per Netflix, Joe Hand Promotions, a premium dwell sports activities and leisure programming firm for the out-of-home market, additionally distributed the occasion to over 6,000 bars & eating places within the US, setting the report for industrial distribution of a fight sports activities occasion within the firm’s 50+ 12 months historical past.
#PaulTyson was the No. 1 trending subject worldwide on X on Friday with #Serrano at No. 2 within the US, Brazil, Spain, and Canada. The combat dominated social dialog, accounting for 11 of the Prime 11 trending matters within the US.
The combat additionally attracted a star-studded ringside viewers together with Evander Holyfield, Shaquille O’Neal, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jerry Jones, Charlize Theron, Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Josh Duhamel, Joe Jonas, Joe Manganiello, Lennox Lewis, Rob Gronkowski, Mike Epps, Simu Liu, Daddy Yankee, Jay Shetty, Anderson Silva, Tom Segura, Jeff Ross, Joey Fatone, Tori Kelly, Micah Parsons, Brandin Cooks, Trevon Diggs, Michael Irvin, Jason Witten, Cedric the Entertainer, Hasan Minhaj, Mark Davis, Bryson DeChambeau, Omari Hardwick, Darren Barnet, Jonathan Daviss, Carlacia Grant, and extra.
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