The real fight isn’t Tyson vs. Paul — it’s Netflix vs. its livestreaming infrastructure

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The real ****** isn’t Tyson vs. Paul — it’s

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vs. its livestreaming infrastructure

has been experimenting with live sports over the last few months with and tennis exhibition events. The company has the biggest test for its livestreaming capabilities to date: a boxing match between YouTuber (and pro boxer) Jake Paul and former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

The ****** is going to be a spectacle for a number of reasons. Both fighters bring star power to the table. There’s a 30-year age gap between them. Despite his 9-1 record, Paul can hardly be described as an elite fighter. While Tyson is regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, he retired 19 years ago and has only fought in two matches since then. Paul’s second match was on the undercard of Tyson’s last bout, which was against Roy Jones Jr. in 2020.

The battle will take place at the 80,000-capacity AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It’s bound to attract a decent audience through

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as well. Most major boxing matches are on pay per view, but

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’s 260 million subscribers will be able to watch at no extra cost.

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hasn’t released viewership figures for the

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Cup (its golf event) or the

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Slam (a recent tennis exhibition). Combat sports tend to deliver high viewership, though, suggesting that

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’s infrastructure will have to handle more simultaneous streams than any of its other live events so far.

The company has dabbled with other live events over the last year or so, including a , and a weekly cooking show with David Chang. However, the company has faced issues with livestreams in the past — it was forced for a live Love is ****** reunion due to technical issues.

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has around nine months to make sure its livestreaming capabilities are in order before it embarks on its most ambitious sports (well, sports-adjacent) project yet. Starting in January,

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will be in many markets, including the flagship program Raw in the US.

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