Jake Paul, the YouTuber-turned-boxer, secured a comfortable victory over boxing legend Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
But, ahead of their fight many fans took to social media to criticise the broadcast on Netflix with the majority highlighting a buffering issue.
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It’s all fun and games tonight @netflix, but if you ruin my family’s Christmas because we can’t watch the Steelers… there will be real hell to pay pic.twitter.com/wKAlwY3uJQ
— Tone Digs (@ToneDigz) November 16, 2024
Seriously @netflix should be embarrassed right now. As soon as people actually want to use their service, THIS IS WHAT WE GET. pic.twitter.com/cVoKkRd5aX
— The Older Millennial (@teameffujoe) November 16, 2024
Anybody else's @netflix service crashing constantly during #PaulTyson pic.twitter.com/jfw4KmMKVs
— Yared Vazquez, M.D. (Octagon Doctor) (@dryared) November 16, 2024
However, post-fight, Paul, who is collecting a minimum of $40 million from the bout, praised Netflix for their role in the event while acknowledging the streaming difficulties that plagued viewers.
“Everyone’s ecstatic. Shout out to Netflix. Amazing partners, amazing people,” he commented on his win.
“I think it’s six times what I thought, but the numbers are still coming in. Netflix crashed, yeah. But shoutout to the Netflix engineers, we love them, they fixed it straight away. Shoutout to them.”
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