As Netflix faced prolonged issues with its stream of the Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul fight on Friday night, former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown came through in the clutch for those having problems.
Throughout the evening, Netflix had severe buffering issues that froze the screen and showed a loading percentage in the middle. Some folks had it even worse and couldn’t get a picture at all.
And that’s where Brown stepped in and saved the evening for many.
The former Steelers wideout, who was in attendance at the fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, setup a livestream from his phone and trained his camera on the big board in the stadium.
CTESPN only place with the fight live https://t.co/CE99ORce28
— AB (@AB84) November 16, 2024
Brown racked up massive numbers as a result. He revealed early Saturday morning that the video had picked up 7.6 million views, which is his best mark ever.
Amazingly enough, Brown’s stream did not get taken down during the fight, and the video replay of the former NFL wideout’s stream was still available as of Saturday morning.
We BROKE a record tonight
7.6 million live viewers on @X #CTESPN
You can’t trust other platforms
Shoutout @elonmusk ???? pic.twitter.com/pmWEhmMtri
— AB (@AB84) November 16, 2024
After the broadcast issues we saw Netflix have on Friday night, we can only hope that Brown will be in attendance at the Steelers’ Week 17 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, which is set to be broadcast on Netflix on Christmas Day.
In case you didn’t catch the fight for whatever reason, you didn’t miss much. Mike Tyson looked like the 58-year-old man he is, and Jake Paul looked like he was taking it easy on the boxing legend, who struggled mightily with balance.
The result was an incredibly boring fight that saw very little action from both of the fighters, and especially Tyson, who landed just 18 punches. Thankfully, the fight only cost the price of a Netflix subscription, which is far less than the expensive Pay-Per-View model.
The bout wasn’t even close to the best one of the night. That distinction went to the Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano bout, which ended in controversy after judges scored the fight for Taylor even though Serrano was the clear winner.
Let’s just hope we get more bang for our buck for both of the Christmas Day games next month, assuming we can actually watch them.
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