Mike Tyson (black gloves) vs. Jake Paul (silver gloves) at AT&T Stadium.
Kevin Jairaj USA TODAY Sports via Reuters
Friday’s highly anticipated boxing match between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will be remembered for more than just its unique card.
Matches are shown in Netflix According to news released by Netflix, the event is the most watched global sports event in history, with 65 million simultaneous online broadcasts worldwide and a total of 108 million live viewers. The company said the fight between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor ahead of Tyson’s fight with Paul averaged 74 million live viewers worldwide, making it the most-watched professional show ever in the United States. Women’s sports events, with 47 million viewers.
The event also attracted several other winincluding becoming the largest boxing gate in history outside of Nevada.
Both Tyson and Paul were paid in the high teens, according to Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, the company promoting the fight. He said Serrano and Taylor were paid record amounts in women’s boxing.
The event is crucial for Netflix as it prepares to broadcast NFL games on Christmas Day, its first live broadcast of America’s most popular sport. Viewers complained about buffering issues, but chief content officer Bela Bajaria said she wasn’t worried about the company’s capabilities stream NFL games.
Netflix is ​​not the first streaming company to get involved in live sports events. Amazon has been broadcasting Thursday Night Football games since 2022, and NBCUniversal’s Peacock aired last season’s NFL playoffs.
