Over 60 Million Watched Tyson-Paul Fight on Netflix

<p>Netflix&&num;8217&semi;s foray into live boxing was a success Saturday night&period; The company said 60 million households watched the Jake Paul vs&period; Mike Tyson main event live around the world&comma; peaking at 65 million concurrent streams&period; Nearly 50 million households globally tuned in live for the co-main event of Serrano vs&period; Taylor 2&period; Additionally&comma; the bout is likely to be the most watched professional women&&num;8217&semi;s sporting event in US history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 27-year-old Paul beat former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson&comma; now 58&comma; by decision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were many complaints from viewers of buffering during the match&comma; as servers were likely straining under the massive audience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joe Hand Promotions&comma; the leader in premium live sports and entertainment programming for the out-of-home market&comma; also distributed Saturday night’s event to over 6&comma;000 bars &amp&semi; restaurants in the US&comma; setting the record for commercial distribution of a combat sports event in the company&&num;8217&semi;s 50&plus; year history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&num;PaulTyson was the No&period; 1 trending topic worldwide on X on Friday with &num;Serrano at No&period; 2 in the US&comma; Brazil&comma; Spain&comma; and Canada&period; The fight dominated social conversation&comma; accounting for 11 of the Top 11 trending topics in the US&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The event shattered records&comma; achieving the following milestones&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Paul vs&period; Tyson and Taylor vs&period; Serrano 2 is the biggest boxing gate outside of Las Vegas in US history&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Paul vs&period; Tyson gate has surpassed &dollar;18 million&comma; double the previous Texas gate record for combat sports in both boxing and MMA&comma; topping Canelo Álvarez&&num;8217&semi;s record of &dollar;9 million&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Netflix and Most Valuable Promotions made AT&amp&semi;T Stadium in Arlington&comma; Texas&comma; the epicenter of boxing history last night as an astounding 72&period;3k total attendees gathered to witness the historic Paul vs&period; Tyson and Taylor vs&period; Serrano 2 fight card&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>The fight attracted a star-studded ringside audience including Evander Holyfield&comma; Shaquille O&&num;8217&semi;Neal&comma; Sugar Ray Leonard&comma; Jerry Jones&comma; Charlize Theron&comma; Ralph Macchio&comma; William Zabka&comma; Josh Duhamel&comma; Joe Jonas&comma; Joe Manganiello&comma; Lennox Lewis&comma; Rob Gronkowski&comma; Mike Epps&comma; Simu Liu&comma; Daddy Yankee&comma; Jay Shetty&comma; Anderson Silva&comma; Tom Segura&comma; Jeff Ross&comma; Joey Fatone&comma; Tori Kelly&comma; Micah Parsons&comma; Brandin Cooks&comma; Trevon Diggs&comma; Michael Irvin&comma; Jason Witten&comma; Cedric the Entertainer&comma; Hasan Minhaj&comma; Mark Davis&comma; Bryson DeChambeau&comma; Omari Hardwick&comma; Darren Barnet&comma; Jonathan Daviss&comma; Carlacia Grant&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;