Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight made history with 108 million global viewers: Netflix

Streaming giant Netflix said that 108 million people worldwide watched last Friday’s bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, calling it the “most-streamed global sporting event ever” in a post on social media. 

The claim comes despite highly publicized issues with the stream during the fight on Friday and just days after the streamer claimed that 60 million of its member households across the globe had tuned in for the fight. 

The data of the 108 million figure came from figures from analytics company TVision, which tabulated the U.S. Viewing numbers, and Netflix first-party data, The Hollywood Reporter reported. 

Mike Tyson fighting Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium was watched by 108 million people, according to Netflix. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

In a social media post, Netflix also said that the fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano was the “most-watched professional women’s sports event in US history.” 

Taylor won a controversial unanimous decision in the junior welterweight title fight. 

The bout between the two women drew 74 million viewers worldwide, THR also reported. 

The fight stream had been marred by buffering issues and outages throughout the night leading to complaints across the social media sphere and drawing the ire of everyone from Howard Stern to Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy. 

The streaming issue has already led to at least one class-action lawsuit against Netflix, with court documents showing that Ronald “Blue” Denton filed a suit in Florida on Monday, according to TMZ. 

In a legal filing, shared by Daniel Wallach on X, part of it read, “Off the over 100,000 people complaining on-line Netflix appears to be the only one that described this fight night as ‘brilliant.’” 

Amanda Serrano (red gloves) fights Katie Taylor(blue gloves) at AT&T Stadium. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Denton also claimed in the suit, according to TMZ, that he and others began facing issues with the stream when they tuned in at 8 p.m. on Friday, facing “legendary problems.” 

Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone seemed to acknowledge the issues in a company memo, but also said that Netflix still considered the event “a huge success.”