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Seriously? You didn't make sure you wouldn't have server issues
one user named TheYounger posted in response to a post by Netflix advertising the fight Good Lord this Netflix stream is an absolute disaster.
Barstool Sports' Dana Beers posted Holyfield can't hear Kate Scott so Lennox Lewis is yelling questions at him like you would your grandfather.
Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix posted Jerry Jones saying Netflix is a huge part of the NFL’s future into a mic that doesn’t work and then less than a minute later the stream goes down."
Viewers took to social media to express frustration, with one commenter noting I'm bringing the devil himself [to the ring],
he declared during an open workout session I realized I'm tougher than I thought I was."
Tyson aims to prove his toughness, saying I've been trying to eat as much as possible,
Mine just stopped. Not having high hopes for seeing the main bout"
My images are grainy with frequent freezes and buffering. Even as I delayed the broadcast several seconds, the image still seems as if it is coming over a dial-up line.”
If Netflix doesn’t fix this buffering issue, this will go down as one of the biggest fails in all of tv/streaming history,
I’d love to watch this live but I’ve seen the buffering logo more than any of the fights,
I’m so happy he did that, it makes it real and personal,
Paul said ahead of the fight on Friday Netflix live servers couldn’t even handle a love is blind live reunion tour, let’s trust Netflix to handle Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson!"
Streaming giant Ninja tweeted This Netflix broadcast is an incredible ad for Amazon Prime."
I’m in the classic torture chamber, ... where I can’t tell if my internet keeps going out or whether #Netflix is just constantly buffering and unwatchable for everybody.”
Dave Portnoy, the founder of the Barstool Sports media network and a social media personalty, said on X, This era of 15 minutes of intense fame to complete irrelevancy has gotten completely out of hand.”
He took to Instagram, saying My sights are set on becoming a world champion, and now I have a chance to prove myself against the greatest heavyweight champion ever, the baddest man on the planet and the most dangerous boxer of all time."
He said in a Netflix press brief in March Many names were being floated around, but once you hear the name Mike Tyson, it's hard to unhear it,
Gabe Spitzer, Netflix's vice president of sports, told ESPN The old generation of boxing with the new generation of boxing all being mixed into one,
Boxing owes these guys — YouTube boxers — some respect,