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According to reports, Netflix is facing a $50 million lawsuit following the fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.
After being postponed in July, the eagerly awaited boxing contest took place earlier this month.
Tyson’s health problems prior to the scheduled bout date were the cause of this.
However, the two faced off in front of 80,000 spectators at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, on November 15.
An additional 65 million people watched the event from a distance by using Netflix to stream it live.
The YouTuber prevailed after a unanimous decision, even though he was unable to knock out Tyson.
Paul won the bout by scores of 80-72, 79-73, and 79-73 from all three judges.
According to Netflix, Tyson only landed 18 punches out of 97 thrown, while the 27-year-old landed 78 blows out of 278 (28 percent).
“I wanted to give the fans a show,” Paul told reporters following the game. I didn’t want to cause unnecessary harm to anyone.
The content producer recently discussed his thoughts on the fight on his brother Logan’s podcast, Impaulsive.
Paul remarked: “I wish he had fought harder so I could have gotten up and accomplished more.”
“The only thing I didn’t like was that he was surviving.”
However, when trying to watch the show on Netflix, a lot of users complained about connectivity problems.
One individual has now filed a class-action lawsuit against the streaming service, taking matters into his own hands.
According to TMZ, Ronald “Blue” Denton, a resident of Hillsborough County, Florida, is claiming that the streaming service is in violation of his contract since his experience watching the fight was hampered by low streaming quality.
60 million Americans were excited to watch “Iron” Mike Tyson, “The Baddest Man on the Planet,” square off against YouTuber-turner-prizefighter Jake Paul, according to the lawsuit. “The Baddest Streaming on Planet” is what they witnessed.
Denton is requesting damages of $50 million.
“Netflix customers experienced massive streaming issues and should have known better because it has happened before,” the lawsuit continues. They were appallingly unprepared.
“Boxing fans and the average American who wanted to watch a legend in what would probably be his final fight faced legendary problems, including: no access, streaming glitches, and buffering issues,” the lawsuit continued.
The largest-ever live athletic event on Netflix was the bout between Paul and Tyson.
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images is the featured image.
60 million households around the world tuned in live to watch Paul vs. Tyson!
The boxing mega-event dominated social media, shattered records, and even had our buffering systems on the ropes. pic.twitter.com/kA8LjfAJSk
— Netflix (@netflix) November 16, 2024
