Jake Paul combating Mike Tyson was undoubtedly one of the crucial talked about occasions of 2024 however it was additionally one of the crucial watched fights of all time and Netflix has the numbers to again that up.
The streaming service launched a trove of viewing knowledge for the second half of 2024 with probably the most watched exhibits, occasions and movies with the Paul vs. Tyson card proving to be an enormous success. The cardboard that aired on Nov. 15 resulted in 235.7 million hours of watch time with 48.9 million whole views.
That earned the Paul vs. Tyson card the No. 7 slot within the prime 10 for many considered exhibits for Netflix between July and December 2024.
If that wasn’t spectacular sufficient, the Paul vs. Tyson card dwarfed a pair of NFL video games that debuted on Netflix this previous December as a part of a brand new package deal the streamer landed for 2024.
The 2 video games that aired on Christmas Day landed within the prime 80 for many watched exhibits with 14.4 million and 14.3 million viewers respectively with 84 million mixed viewing hours.
Whereas Netflix hasn’t produced a ton of reside occasions or sports activities particular programming, the success of the Paul vs. Tyson card clearly has the streaming service buzzing for additional funding in that section transferring ahead in 2025.
Paul revealed that he anticipated his subsequent combat to really land at Netflix after he was near a deal for a matchup in opposition to boxing famous person Canelo Alvarez. Sadly, Alvarez finally handed on the chance to face Paul and as an alternative inked a profitable multi-fight deal to compete for Riyadh Season, the Saudi Arabia backed enterprise pumping lots of of tens of millions of {dollars} into fight sports activities over the previous few years.
The success of Paul vs. Tyson has additionally led to loads of hypothesis that Netflix might get into the bidding for the printed rights of the UFC with the promotion’s cope with ESPN coming to an in depth on the finish of 2025. The UFC is presently in an unique negotiating window with ESPN by means of April 15 however then the corporate can start fielding provides from different potential companions, which might embrace Netflix.
