Nov 16 (Reuters) - Netflix ( NFLX ) said on Saturday
that 60 million households worldwide had tuned in for the highly
anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, and
the event peaked at 65 million streams, according to a
statement.
The bout between the 27-year-old social media
influencer-turned-prize fighter Paul and the 58-year-old former
heavyweight champion Tyson, which Paul won, was streamed live on
Netflix ( NFLX ).
Nearly 50 million households tuned in for the co-main event
between Ireland's lightweight champion Katie Taylor and Puerto
Rico's featherweight champion Amanda Serrano, according to
Netflix ( NFLX ).
"The bout is likely to be the most watched professional
women's sporting event in US history," Netflix ( NFLX ) said in its
statement.
There were some hiccups during the live-stream of the match,
with over 90,000 users reporting problems on Netflix ( NFLX ) at its
peak, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.
However, the streaming platform was back up on Saturday
after the outage that lasted roughly 6 hours in the United
States.