The controversial clash takes place on November 15, and will be the first match to take place live on Netflix. There will be no extra pay-per-view option, with standard subscribers being able to tune in without any charge on top of their monthly fee. And with over a quarter of a million paid subscribers to the service around the world, the fight has potential for massive amounts of viewership.
The AFC wild card football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins in last year’s NFL holds the current streaming record at 23million. Jake Paul believes Mike Tyson fight could break streaming record for live sport and massive fight has drawn the ire of the combat world as the pair compete in a fully-sanctioned professional boxing match. There will be a slight alterations to usual pro rules as they compete over two-minute rounds with larger gloves.
But the controversy has bred intrigue, and with no pay-per-view paywall it is expected that the duo will draw in monstrous numbers. When the pair shared a card in 2020 as co-headliners against Nate Robinson and Roy Jones Jr respectively, they reportedly sold north of 1.8million PPVs.
“I think that was like the eighth biggest ever,” Paul told Bloody Elbow during a media scrum today ahead of PFL’s big October 19 ‘Battle of the Giants’ between and . “I think everyone would be happy with like 25million. “That would break the streaming record of the AFC game, the one before the Super Bowl, which was streamed on Peacock and got like 22million live viewers.
So if we beat that, everyone is going to be happy. “It’s f***ing crazy, and who knows? Maybe, we’re entering the streaming era of boxing where it kind of goes back to being a free model. Before, everyone would watch on TV and they would just turn the channel and it’d be there.
“We might be going back to that with all the piracy issues and it’s f***ing insane that this will be the most watched fight ever.” Jake Paul hits back at critics of Mike Tyson fight Of course, with those numbers come naysayers, who believe Tyson’s advanced age is such that he . He turned 58 last month, and there is a 31-year gap between the pair as they prepare for fight night.
But Paul has hit back at the critics, saying: “I don’t get it at all, but I also don’t understand people in general. People are dumber than a box of rocks, and I don’t expect them to understand fighting in general. “They won’t understand gaining experience or the honour of stepping into the ring with a legend.
These people probably don’t know what honour is like stepping into the ring with a legend or doing legendary s***. “The fact that Netflix is involved, the fact that Mike Tyson wants it to be a pro fight, if Uncle Mike is down then so am I.” Mike Tyson returns to camp as he insists he is healthy for new Jake Paul fight date The initial date between Paul and Tyson was due to be July 30.
But just a few weeks out, the former heavyweight champion was warned by doctors to stop training after suffering an ulcer flare-up on a flight and being seen to by medical professionals. However, he insists that he is now back in top condition and will be ready to fight on November 15 no matter what. “I’m beautiful and I’ve been training,” was from doctors.
“I’ve been training for a while, two weeks or three weeks and I’m okay to fight...
I’m in camp right now.”.
