{"id":12459,"date":"2024-11-20T16:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/mike-tyson-jake-paul-fight-was-the-most-streamed-sporting-event-ever-netflix-says\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:01:26","slug":"mike-tyson-jake-paul-fight-was-the-most-streamed-sporting-event-ever-netflix-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/mike-tyson-jake-paul-fight-was-the-most-streamed-sporting-event-ever-netflix-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson, Jake Paul fight was the most streamed sporting event ever, Netflix says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Friday\u2019s anticipated boxing match between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will be remembered for more than its unique card.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bout shown on\u00a0Netflix\u00a0was the most streamed global sporting event ever with 65 million live concurrent streams and 108 million total live viewers around the world, according to a Netflix release. The Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor fight before the Tyson-Paul match averaged 74 million live global viewers, the most watched professional women\u2019s sporting event ever in the U.S. with 47 million viewers, the company said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"\">The event notched several other\u00a0wins, including being the biggest boxing gate in history outside of Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Both Tyson and Paul made 10-figure paydays, according to Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian, whose company promoted the fight. Serrano and Taylor received record pay for women\u2019s boxing, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This event was crucial for Netflix as it prepares for its Christmas Day stream of NFL games \u2014 its first time showing the most popular sport in the U.S. live. Viewers complained of buffering issues, but Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria said she is not concerned about the company\u2019s ability to\u00a0stream\u00a0the NFL games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Netflix is not the first streamer to wade into live sports. Amazon has carried Thursday Night Football games since 2022, and NBCUniversal\u2019s Peacock streamed an NFL playoff game last season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on NBC NEWS<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday\u2019s anticipated boxing match between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul will be remembered for more than its unique card. The bout shown on\u00a0Netflix\u00a0was the most streamed global sporting event ever with 65 million live concurrent streams and 108 million total live viewers around the world, according to a Netflix release. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}