The figures showing how many people watched the battle between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul have been made public by Netflix, and they are astounding.
The streaming behemoth claims that Wednesday night’s major live event attracted an astounding 60 million homes worldwide, with a high of 65 million concurrent views.
According to Netflix, the bout between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano was seen by 50 million homes worldwide, making it perhaps the most watched professional women’s athletic event in US history.
Naturally, that massive audience also caused Netflix problems, since it was widely reported that some users were experiencing problems including the program crashing or freezing.
Tyson broke his quiet over his defeat to Paul just before the streamer revealed viewing figures, which is quite uncommon for Netflix. He said that he really feels like a winner.
While some may be dissatisfied with how things turned out, Tyson says he has no regrets since simply taking part in the fight felt like a success. The boxing superstar went to X to give further views on his return contest.
Inside The Freak-offs INLINE, Diddy Tyson reveals that he lost 25 pounds and had eight blood transfusions after his near-death experience in June.After a couple of two-minute rounds with Paul,
Tyson seemed unsteady. Jake has previously acknowledged that he took it easy on Tyson in the closing moments out of concern that he may suffer a catastrophic injury.
However, there were many fans rooting for Tyson to make one more appearance in the ring, and the statistics show that Iron Mike is still regarded by most as one of the greatest boxers of all time.