“Fight of the century” in Arlington: the fiasco for Mike Tyson, the crash for Netflix

“Fight of the century” in Arlington: the fiasco for Mike Tyson, the crash for Netflix
“Fight of the century” in Arlington: the fiasco for Mike Tyson, the crash for Netflix

Despite an ego that fills the cracks in his metal armor, “Iron Mike” is obviously no longer able to worry a boxer thirty years younger than him. Jake Paul, holding back so as not to damage the legend, easily took the measure of Mike Tyson. Show to watch in the second degree or pathetic show?


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Par Eric Clovio

Published on 11/16/2024 at 11:39
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CIt was to be the fight of the century, an intergenerational confrontation that explodes physiological logic and audiences. It looked, at best, like a nice exhibition without an ounce of suspense, in reality a disproportionate fight flirting with fiasco for Mike Tyson. A match that TikTok ultimately exploited much better than Netflix, the platform being faced with very severe technical problems which frustrated more than one on the planet.

After the fight, the winner Jake Paul himself spoke of 120 million people who followed the match on Netflix. “We crashed the site!” » On Downdetector, where outages can be reported, more than 100,000 viewers have reported network problems. Netflix is, as we know, seeking to strengthen its commitment to the broadcasting of live sporting events, and has therefore invested massively. As of Saturday morning, the company itself had yet to comment on the complaints…



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