Comments Thread For: Netflix: Jake Paul-Mike Tyson seen by 60 million households

[Roadblock]

No everyone would have pirated the live ******. PPV needs to go!!!

Does it, and who is going to pay for it, if the TV networks or Netflix etc doesnt then it doesnt happen and they cannot afford the fighters purses, it can only happen if the fighters take drastic pay cuts and thats not happening.

[Gary Coleman]

First the elections and now this ish.

Shows the sad state of the world currently. People want the circus.

[Rockybigblower]

Nah man. This doesn't translate the same as PPV. Most people already have Netflix. You could also join for only 7 bucks (with ads) and gets all the content besides the fight. I'm willing to bet, if this was your typical 80+ dollar PPV, it wouldn't even crack a million buys.

This was an easy watch for millions. It was on a Friday, nearly free considering how many people have Netflix, or they subscribed for 7 bucks and will cancel immediately after.

Why would they need to charge 80 bucks. They could have shown what a fair PPV costs and charged 5 bucks....and still.pulled in 300 million for 65 million views. No doubt at least half those 65 million would have paid up.

[TMLT87]

If Netflix can now show actual legitimate boxing cards that would be a good thing for the sport imo. Its a huge platform.

[Oldskoolg]

First the elections and now this ish.

Shows the sad state of the world currently. People want the circus.

It’s been that way for thousands of years. The Romans were famous for “bread and circus”….

[Oldskoolg]

I’ll say it again, Netflix just showed that Haymon and Arum would do well to seek deals with Netflix. Especially if it kills the ppv model. American boxing on Netflix, Amazon, and Discovery would be a total game changer for boxing in the USA

[champion4ever]

Now that’s what I call the entrepreneurial spirit. For the exception of the Main Event; It was not a bad card at atl.

Both Barrios, Ramos, Taylor and Serrano all put on crowd-pleasing performances. People are saying that Jake carried Tyson.

If that’s true then that is for dumb MFers who DKSAB. Did Mike carry Larry Holmes? Did Oscar De La Hoya carry JCC, Sr? Did Holmes carry Ali? The answer is no.

The truth is Jake Paul was afraid of getting his ass whupped. Which was the reason why he fought like he did against a 58 year old Mike Tyson.

[IAmABoxingGuru]

Precisely.

If they had put this on PPV, it would’ve done lukewarm at best.

Where was the financial gain going to come? From boxing fans? Or Jake Paul fans (tweeners and teenagers who don’t have money to just casually drop $70-$80 on an event but rather just pirate it).

Paul smartly went to Netflix and fleeced them. $40 million and $20 million for Tyson…without taking into consideration all the other fighters on the undercard and Katie and Amanda who both got probably $2 million a piece.

This was a huge opportunity for Netflix to advertise their platform and new series.

Good Lord…everyone was there. Shaq, Jerry, Holyfield, Lennox, Rosie Perez, Mauro, Jones Jr., Andre Ward, Claressa Shields…who else did I miss?

I still think Paul’s first loss is going to be via body shot.

First loss? Paul already lost to the great Tommy Fury.

[TMLT87]

Haymon already has a deal with amazon to ****** boxing. The problem is Al & greed putting almost everything so far behind a ppv wall when the card's simply aren't ppv worthy.

Yeah having PPV on top of being on an online service is a good way to keep your product obscure.

Boxing being on Netflix globally as part of a regular subscription would be probably the most exposure the sport could get today.

[Monty Fisto]

This event was huge. I went out for dinner with my 10 year old nephew and 12 year old niece yesterday and they both knew about it. My nephew asked if he could borrow my phone to watch the highlights. They know no other boxers, but they know Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. That's a remarkable level of penetration into the public consciousness. For all Tyson's faults, he is remarkably famous; as the article says, he is the most famous living boxer. It's a shame, then, that such a success in terms of viewship and buzz was a circus of a main event. Great exposure for Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano and, more generally, for women's boxing.

It would be very interesting if Netflix were to try and regularly do a Friday night event. Imagine what they could do with Inoue.