Jake Paul’s fight against the previous heavyweight champion Mike Tyson had 60 million viewers worldwide for his or her eight-rounder on Netflix last Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
72,300 fans were in attendance to observe the event, but there wasn’t much cheering after the primary round. That’s when the fight became hopelessly one-sided, with the 27-year-old Jake beating up on the 58-year-old Tyson, who looked like he didn’t belong within the ring.
If Netflix continues to point out boxing events, it must give attention to ensuring that the fights are quality and never circus acts that can leave fans indignant and regretting that they subscribed. Furthermore, they went to repair the video because many fans complained concerning the video freezing or having a lull.
Fans Dissatisfied At Poor Product
That’s an enormous number for what turned out to be such an utterly pathetic fight. It lacked any semblance of being competitive or entertaining for the subscribers who tuned in. It wasn’t competitive just like the naive fans had thought it could be.
Paul needed to know that by selecting such an older fighter like Tyson to assist construct his brand, he was giving fans a crappy product.
The fans were fooled into pondering Tyson had a likelihood by the short video workout clips of him throwing mixtures, looking fast and powerful. The clips were short, and there was nobody throwing punches back at him to see how he’d react.
The co-feature fight between Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano was watched by 50 million viewers. That was the match that was marred by quite a few accidental head clashes and a horrendous cut Serrano suffered.
Within the immediate aftermath of the fight, there was an amazing backlash toward Jake from fans, who were disgusted by him fighting the legend Mike Tyson to get low cost publicity and make much off of such a fight.
De La Hoya Disgusted Watching Paul-Tyson
“While watching it, I felt disgusted at Jake Paul for putting this together, knowing that Tyson was 58 years old,” said Oscar De La Hoya to iFL TV concerning the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight last Friday night.
“Whenever you’re going to fight a 28-year-old like Jake Paul against Tyson, who’s a legend. He’s a national treasure. I felt just a little disgusted, but not at Tyson. I felt bad for Tyson, but I’m pleased with him. Jake Paul, if you desire to fight Zurdo immediately, let’s do it, and he’ll knock you out.
