50 million homes worldwide watched Paul-Tyson match: Netflix
Netflix said 60 million homes around the world watched the highly anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson and the event was watched by 65 million streams, according to a statement. The bout between 27-year-old social media influencer turned award winner Paul and 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Tyson, which Paul won, was streamed live on Netflix. According to Netflix, approximately 50 million households watched the co-main event between Ireland's lightweight champion Katie Taylor and Puerto Rico's featherweight champion Amanda Serrano.
“This matchup is likely to be the most watched professional women's sporting event in American history,” Netflix said in a statement. There were some interruptions during the live-stream of the match, with more than 90,000 users reporting problems on Netflix, according to outage tracking website DownDetector. However, the streaming platform was back up and running on Saturday after an outage that lasted for about 6 hours in the United States.
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