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MIKE TYSON'S last bow decision to Jake Paul has became 1 of the most-watched sporting events EVER aft it joined a star-studded list.
Friday night's bout mightiness person fallen abbreviated of expectations successful the ringing but acold exceeded Netflix's hopes arsenic it peaked astatine 65 cardinal streams.
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The level called it a “record-breaking night”, but the watercourse wasn’t without issues arsenic Netflix struggled to support up with the precocious demand.
Viewers complained of freezing, buffering and solution problems, arsenic Netflix showed the bout to its hundreds of millions of subscribers without charging other fees.
But careless of the method issues faced, Paul's triumph implicit a boxing icon 31 years his senior, became the 10th most-watched sporting lawsuit ever.
So, which different events marque up the apical ten?
10. Jake Paul v Mike Tyson - 65 million
Paul, 27, bushed Tyson, 58, successful a lacklustre bout that consisted of 8 two-minute rounds and conscionable 375 combined punches thrown.
Tyson had momentary flashes aboriginal connected but lone went connected to onshore 18 punches arsenic Paul spent overmuch of the combat dancing around.
Nonetheless, it amounted to a record-breaking nighttime for Netflix arsenic viewing peaked astatine 65 cardinal concurrent streams.
It has knocked the 1978 World Series disconnected it's perch erstwhile the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers successful a shot classic.
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Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson round-by-round
MIKE TYSON's long-awaited instrumentality to the ringing didn't person the fairytale ending combat fans dreamed of.
SunSport's boxing adept Wally Downes Jr recaps 1 of the drabbest and astir forgettable nights successful boxing history.
And helium didn't clasp back, issuing a scathing appraisal of societal media sensation Jake Paul.
Round One
Paul says "I emotion you, Mike" conscionable earlier the opening doorbell sounds. He rapidly runs distant and holds the boxing legend.
Tyson draws a large absorption from the assemblage arsenic helium lands a jab and a bully close hand.
Verdict: 10-9 Tyson
Round Two
Paul ran distant successful the opener and held - conscionable similar we thought helium would.
Tommy Fury had it archetypal and present Mike Tyson. It's clever due to the fact that Tyson volition tire. Paul tags Tyson's assemblage with a consecutive right.
Tyson looks spent now. 180 seconds successful and the combat looks over.
Verdict: 10-9 Tyson
Round Three
The fable cannot adjacent support his gumshield in. As expected it's a discarded of time. Paul has tally distant until the 58-year-old has tired.
Shooting ducks successful a tube now. Tyson mightiness get wounded here. Paul lands a mates of clumsy shots and Tyson wobbles backwards.
Tragic aft three.
Verdict: 10-9 Paul
Round Four
This is due rubbish. The assemblage are bored and boos are being heard.
This is conscionable 2 bushed large lumps going astatine it. One a legend, 1 a promoter.
Verdict 10-9 Paul
Round Five
Paul jabs the assemblage and aims close for the caput and different one-two clips the icon.
Tyson cannot support his mouthpiece in, helium is gasping for air. Paul lands a near hook but past truthful does Tyson.
Verdict 10-9 Paul
Round Six
Thank God these weren't three-minute rounds. We are getting astir 4 punches per round.
Tyson is gasping successful the aerial but replays amusement a near hook did graze Paul's beard.
Verdict 10-9 Paul
Round Seven
Tyson slips a jab and tries an uppercut. The commentator admits it has been a "sad" spectacle.
The AT&T stadium has been utterly stunk out. Paul is looking conscionable arsenic bushed arsenic Tyson.
Verdict 10-9 Paul
Round Eight
Go backmost to YouTube, Jake. You're an fantabulous conman. But you've ne'er been a boxer.
The Judges decide: 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73. I'm gladsome Tyson gets paid and has stayed safe.
But what a laughable show from Paul to adhd to his stinker with Tommy Fury.
Verdict 10-9 Paul
SunSport's last scorecard - 78-74 for Jake Paul
Click to work the full round-by-round breakdown.
9. Superbowl - 124 cardinal
The 2023 Superbowl is the ninth most-watched sporting lawsuit ever arsenic the Kansas City Chiefs fought backmost from 24-13 down to bushed the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35.
It volition beryllium remembered arsenic the clip Chiefs backmost Patrick Mahomes powered done wounded to triumph Super Bowl LVII.
Watch embarrassing infinitesimal Paul vs Tyson fans BRAWL throwing sloppy punches
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8. Rugby World Cup last - 857 million
Rugby is ever a large gully but the most-watched oregon streamed lawsuit came 5 years agone erstwhile South Africa bushed England 32-12.
The 2019 last broke the grounds for the astir fashionable rugby tourney with much than 850 cardinal radical tuning successful astir the world.
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7. Asian Games - 986 million
The Asian Games, besides known arsenic Asiad, is simply a multi-sport lawsuit held with 45 participating countries.
It is simply a astonishing inclusion connected the list, but the astir densely populated portion seems to clasp their ain mini-Olympics, with TV viewership averaging astatine 986 cardinal each 4 years.
6. Muhammad Ali v Leon Spinks - 2 billion
The lone boxing lawsuit to bushed retired Tyson's blockbuster decision to Paul came successful Muhammad Ali's rematch against Leon Spinks successful 1978.
Ali was the past large combatant to execute connected nationalist TV earlier pay-per-view took over.
A grounds 2 cardinal viewers worldwide watched successful 80 nations arsenic The Greatest took a unanimous determination for the last triumph of his career.
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5. Winter Olympics - 2.1 billion
The Winter Olympics puts galore sports successful the limelight that would not beryllium wide seen otherwise.
The 2006 Games successful Torino, Italy, were the astir fashionable connected the planetary stage.
4. Cricket World Cup - 1.6 billion
The worldwide TV assemblage for the 2019 Cricket World Cup last where England bushed New Zealand astatine Lord's successful London clocked successful astatine a grounds 1.6 cardinal people.
Not a astonishing feat for 1 of the astir loved sports connected the satellite - and 2019 wasn't without contention arsenic the ODI last went to a Super Over arsenic England won with the bound count-back rule.
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3. Tour de France - 3.5 billion
The Tour de France is not lone the astir prestigious cycling contention successful the world, but it draws an awesome audience.
According to contention organisers, 3.5 cardinal radical successful 190 countries ticker the Tour de France each year, with 12 cardinal roadside spectators.
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2. Olympic Games - 4.7 billion
The Summer Olympics is 1 of the biggest sporting spectacles connected the satellite arsenic athletes from 206 countries stitchery successful 1 spot to compete.
As for the astir watched Games, Beijing 2008 racked up a planetary assemblage of 4.7 cardinal radical implicit the 2 week coverage.
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1. World Cup - 5.4 cardinal
And unsurprisingly, apical of the heap is the astir caller Qatar World Cup successful 2022 arsenic Lionel Messi became the GOAT arsenic helium took connected Kylian Mbappe.
And it makes consciousness too, arsenic Argentina's punishment shootout triumph implicit France, aft a 3-3 draw, is widely considered arsenic the greatest ever final.
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