Jake Paul and Mike Tyson took part in what will go down as one of the biggest combat sports events of all time this past Friday and fans are stunned at the alleged viewership numbers.
Despite the controversy surrounding Mike Tyson‘s professional boxing comeback against Jake Paul this past Friday, the two allegedly pulled in astronomical viewing figures.
‘The Problem Child’ went on to pick up the unanimous decision victory after easing his way through the eight-round fight against ‘Iron Mike’, which he further claimed that he wasn’t trying to hurt the 58-year-old.
Jake Paul claims his fight against Mike Tyson broke all viewing records since Muhammad Ali
Following the astronomical event that took place in the 80,000 seater AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and was streamed live on Netflix, the streaming platform announced that the fight was streamed by over 60 million households.
In an official press release, Netflix also revealed that over 50 million households were streaming the huge co-main event war between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, with Taylor once again picking up the controversial decision win.
The streaming giant announced that additional information including total viewers will be released early this week, as well as announcing that Paul vs Tyson and Taylor vs Serrano 2 $18m gate is the biggest gate outside of Las Vegas in US history.
Before the final numbers have been released, though, ‘The Problem Child’ took to X (formerly Twitter) with a statement that has stunned fans.
“Me and Mike Tyson broke every viewership record in boxing since the GOAT Muhammad Ali. Wow.”
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Although the numbers are estimated, Muhammad Ali‘s iconic boxing career was filled with history-making bouts, continuously thrashing viewership records. Ali’s rematch against Leon Spinks in 1978 had an estimated viewership of 2 billion viewers worldwide.
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Muhammad Ali’s daughter weighs in on Mike Tyson’s boxing comeback
Despite the huge monetary success, Tyson will gain from his fight against the 27-year-old, his performance in the ring has been scalded by former multiple-weight world champion, Terence Crawford who claimed he looked ‘trash’.
Not only that but Muhammad Ali’s daughter, Rasheda Ali Walsh spoke to Fox News following the historical fight, stating that her father would’ve been ‘mortified’ at Tyson making the money he has made from his comeback.
“My dad really did go outside of his comfort zone and he was the first boxer to actually fight a wrestler so back then it was kind of like, we can intertwine different types of techniques and combat sports can come together.
“(The event) was exciting and I thought it was really cool to see Mike in the ring again, it was awesome. Daddy wanted people to spend money to watch him fight, boxers didn’t make money like Tyson’s making.
“Daddy would’ve been mortified because back then boxers didn’t make that much, they were fighting for their lives,” Ali’s daughter continued.
