Friday’s fight between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua drew 33 million global viewers according to Netflix. Paul was stopped in the 6th round of their fight. Despite the loss, Paul brought in another huge audience. The event was the network’s No. 1-ranked program in45 countries including the U.S., U.K, Canada, Germany, Australia, Mexico, and Argentina. […]
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Paul’s loss highlights boxing’s downfall
Perhaps the politicians in the pocket of TKO speaking at the Ali Act Boxing Revival Act were right. America boxing is stagnant. Arguably, boxing’s biggest draw, Jake Paul finally fought a boxer with a pedigree – Anthony Joshua. The former boxing Olympian and heavyweight champion’s career is in its sunset, but he still knows how […]
Joshua-Paul scheduled for December fight on Netflix
USA Today reports that Jake Paul is finalizing a fight with heavyweight Anthony Joshua for Netflix in December. The fight replaces the November 14th fight with Gervonta Davis which was canceled due to Davis’ legal issues. Details on the fight are still preliminary although the rumored location of the fight will be in Miami. After […]
Raw hits all-time low on Netflix
Maybe there’s a reason why Netflix did not want to sign the UFC to a media rights deal. Its strategy to focus on big events for sports rather than weekly sports. The September 22nd episode of Raw was the lowest viewership on the platform. Netflix reported that it was the #8 rated Netflix TV show […]
Where is Zuffa Boxing media rights landing?
On Wednesday, Dana White posted on IG that he had a big announcement to make. He later retracted the statement saying he had jumped the gun. Could it have been about media rights for Zuffa Boxing? On Thursday, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported that Netflix will stream MLB Opening Day matchup for the next three […]