Nov 15 (Reuters) - Netflix ( NFLX ) was down for thousands of

users in the United States late on Friday, with more than 12,000

incidents reported, outage tracking website Downdetector.com

said.

The reports come as Netflix ( NFLX ) airs a much-anticipated live

boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, that promises to

draw high traffic to the platform.

The number of users indicating problems had fallen to 5,114,

by 9:21 p.m. ET, however, according to Downdetector, which

tracks outages by collating status reports from various sources.

Netflix ( NFLX ) said it had no immediate comment in response to a

request from Reuters.