LOS ANGELES – Netflix’s first attempt at handling a live sporting event didn’t receive a passing grade.

Friday night’s fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul experienced streaming issues according to many viewers on social media. Many viewers took to Twitter/X and Bluesky to express their frustrations with streaming and buffering issues before and during the fight.

According to the website Down detectornearly 85,000 viewers reported outages or streaming issues before the fight.

The fight was scheduled for eight two-minute rounds, compared to the normal three minutes and 10 or 12 rounds for most professional fights.

Paul won the fight by unanimous decision.

Netflix representatives had no comment via email to The Associated Press on streaming issues viewers were experiencing before or during the fight.

The fight between YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul and 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Tyson from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was Netflix’s biggest live sporting event to date, and an opportunity to s ensure he can handle the audience. demand with the NFL and WWE on the horizon. It was streamed worldwide to Netflix’s 280 million subscribers at no extra cost.

Netflix will stream two NFL games on Christmas Day and will begin streaming WWE “Raw” on January 6.

Streaming delays weren’t the only issues Netflix faced leading up to the fight.

Viewers saw Tyson’s bare butt in just a jockstrap when he walked away at the end of a pre-fight interview in his locker room.

For whatever reason, Netflix chose to make light of this misstep.

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