Thousands of Netflix users report outages during Tyson-Paul boxing match
(NEXSTAR) — Just as thousands of Netflix users flocked to the app to stream Friday night's head-to-head boxing match between champion Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, the stream crashed.
According to Downdetector, which tracks outages in real-time, at least 98,000 people reported Netflix outages on Friday night.
The event began at 8 p.m. ET and featured a variety of smaller matches ahead of Tyson and Paul's. The much-anticipated match between the 58 year-old Tyson and 27 year-old Paul is expected to draw major viewership for Netflix, though the amount of traffic may or may not have crashed the platform before that fight even began.
Other users had already taken to social media with complaints before the full crash, with many citing poor sound and video quality. Friday night's boxing match was the maiden voyage for major live sports events on Netflix, as the streamer plans to air WWE Raw matches next year.
The match-up was originally scheduled for July 20, according to CNET. Friday night's match is being held at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The match featured a star-studded audience, including actors Simu Liu ("Barbie") and Joe Manganiello (Peacock's "Deal or No Deal Island"), in addition to boxing greats like Lennox Lewis and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Nexstar has reached out to Netflix. We'll update this story once the company has released a statement on the outages.
Despite the outages, the match continued as scheduled, with Paul being named the winner after eight rounds against Tyson.
As of 8:30 a.m. ET Saturday morning, it appeared the majority of outages had been resolved.