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Jake Paul speaks out on Netflix stream crashing during Mike Tyson event and makes his feelings very clear

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Updated 12:45 16 Nov 2024 GMTPublished 11:59 16 Nov 2024 GMT

Jake Paul speaks out on Netflix stream crashing during Mike Tyson event and makes his feelings very clear

Some viewers experienced technical problems during the broadcast of Paul vs Tyson.

Rory O'Callaghan

Rory O'Callaghan

Jake Paul has given his thoughts on the technical issues that impacted Netflix's live broadcast of his mega-fight with Mike Tyson.

Paul, 27, cruised to a comfortable win over Tyson, 58, at AT&T Stadium in Texas on Saturday, with all three judges scoring the heavyweight contest in his favour.

While official viewing figures are yet to be released, it is expected to be one of the most-watched sporting events in history – thanks to the unusual decision to stream the fight through Netflix.

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It was the streaming giant's first major foray into live sports broadcasting, and understandably there were a few technical problems during the five-hour show.

Some Netflix subscribers complained on social media of streaming issues, with image quality, buffering and audio problems reported.

The Daily Mail report that according to Downdetector, which tracks online outages, more than 80,000 Netflix customers were experiencing issues by 10:35pm US Eastern Time on Friday night.

Meanwhile, at one point during the live broadcast, presenter Kate Scott was forced to issue an apology due to separate technical problems.

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The incident occurred after the opening fight between Neeraj Goyat and Whindersson Nunes, as Scott attempted to introduce boxing legends Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield to viewers.

Holyfield was unable to hear Scott, forcing her to rely on Lewis to relay her questions to the former heavyweight champion.

"Evander, I apologise, I'm so sorry about the sound. Lennox, thank you for helping us out with the interview," Scott said.

The technical problems were further highlighted when Scott's microphone remained on during a conversation with the production team.

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"Where are we guys?" she was heard asking the gallery.

Thankfully, the technical problems appeared to be resolved in time for the later fights on the card.

Paul described Netflix as 'amazing partners' after the event (Image: Getty)
Paul described Netflix as 'amazing partners' after the event (Image: Getty)

Speaking at his post-fight press conference, Paul was informed of the problems with the live stream and was asked to give his thoughts on Netflix as a partner.

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"Everyone's ecstatic. Shout out to Netflix. Amazing partners, amazing people," he commented.

"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."

talkSPORT claimed earlier this week that Tyson is set to earn a guaranteed $20 million (£15.7m) fee for his participation in the fight.

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Paul, meanwhile, has previously claimed that he stands to make as much as $40 million (£31.4m) out of the event, making it by far his biggest payday in professional boxing.

Featured Image Credit: Boxing King Media & Netflix

Topics: Boxing, Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, Heavyweight Boxing

Rory O'Callaghan
Rory O'Callaghan

Rory O'Callaghan is Editorial Lead at SPORTbible. He has previously worked for Sky Sports News, MailOnline and Reach covering football, cricket, boxing and MMA. Tested daily as a Liverpool fan in a Manchester office.

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