The former WFAN host was “amazed” that, according to Netflix, an average of 60 million households tuned in to the fight Friday, with a peak of 65 million. Paul, 27, defeated Tyson, 58, in an eight-round unanimous decision in which Tyson looked every bit his age.

It was morbid curiosity that made me tune in to Netflix’s live boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson on Saturday night. The stream ran into technical issues, and the fight itself was slow and ponderous. But there was something else that kept me watching: all of the jokes flying on Bluesky.

Netflix sees last week's Jake Paul-Mike Tyson match-up as a success. The streaming giant is still in the early rounds of its efforts to land sports fans.

The National Association of Broadcasters ripped Netflix's live stream of the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson boxing match, calling it "marred by glitches and buffering."

Viewers have been talking about Friday evening’s boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul — but probably not for the reasons Netflix was hoping. Yes,

But what was even bigger was Tyson's reported payout from the event.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Although the 58-year-old former world heavyweight champion lost by unanimous decision against the 27-year-old social media sensation,

Mike Tyson and Jake Paul went head-to-head in a highly anticipated fight that was streamed live on Netflix. Learn what happened during and after the fight.