Netflix suffers streaming issues as Jake Paul and Mike Tyson serve up farce of a fight
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A desperate low after the dramatic high. In the co-main event, AT&T Stadium reserved their boos for the result. In the main event, they let loose at the performance.
Mike Tyson’s return to boxing ended in unanimous decision defeat against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. The 58-year-old former world heavyweight champion refused to rule out another fight despite a woefully one-sided contest.
By time the last of eight two-minute rounds came, he took an age to rise from his stool. Dressed in his classic black trucks, his contribution was completely grim.
Tyson’s last outing before Friday was in 2005 when he suffered a TKO loss against Clones’ Kevin McBride. The Texas Athletic Commission did sanction his contest with Paul, but they wore 14-ounce gloves rather than the standard 10-ounces.
According to CompuBox, Tyson landed 18 of 97 punches thrown. Paul’s return was 78 from 278. It marked an enormous shift after Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano served up an exhilarating rematch. Taylor defended her status as undisputed world light-welterweight champion with a unanimous decision victory. It was an unpopular outcome as the crowd and stats favoured the Puerto Rican challenger.
It was a difficult night for streaming service Netflix as well. The Texas card was their first boxing event and made available to 282 million global subscribers at no extra cost.
However, viewers took to social media to air their frustration with the broadcast during the under card and thousands of users reported errors with streaming and server connection, according to Down Detector.
Paul’s promotional company, Most Valuable Promotions ran the show. Speaking about his future plans post-fight, the 27-year-old said a spike in interest resulted in a crash.
“Anyone I want,” he said. “This is the biggest event. Over 120 million people on Netflix. We crashed the site. The biggest US boxing gate. 20 million dollars. US history. Everyone is next on the list.”
Netflix are also set to broadcast two NFL games on Christmas Day as part of their live sports expansion.