Netflix just revealed that 60 million viewers watched the Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson exhibition fight last Friday, Nov. 15th. The fight was held at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Netflix added that the fight peaked at 65 million concurrent streams. Netflix achieve the record views despite experiencing technical issues.
60 million households around the world tuned in live to watch Paul vs. Tyson!
The boxing mega-event dominated social media, shattered records, and even had our buffering systems on the ropes. pic.twitter.com/kA8LjfAJSk
— Netflix (@netflix) November 16, 2024
In the same light, Tyson earned a reported $20 million for the fight, which is not bad considering that Mike Tyson just fought for a total 16 minutes.
Tyson also posted a tweet after the fight.
This is one of those situations when you lost but still won. I’m grateful for last night. No regrets to get in ring one last time.
I almost died in June. Had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I won.
To…
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) November 16, 2024