Netflix is reporting a knockout in terms of views for its mega-fight between “Iron” Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, which took place live last Friday (November 15). Despite some technical issues experienced by some users, Netflix shared viewing numbers for the event via a press release and boasted over 108 million live viewers from around the world.
The Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight had its fair share of critics ahead of the bout and Netflix took a lot of the blame but once the ship righted itself, things were smooth even if the main event didn’t go the way many hoped. That said, TVision, which captures viewership data and related insights, reported that 56% of all television viewers in the United States tuned in for the main event.
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