In addition to movie and TV series content, Netflix has recently started focusing on live broadcasts. Now it has been announced what the company’s next major live broadcast will be. The new event will be a sports competition.

According to the platform’s statement July 20 2024 A boxing match can be viewed by subscribers. The two names that will compete in this match, which will undoubtedly be one of the biggest matches of recent years, will surprise everyone.

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson will battle it out in the match that will be broadcast live.

YouTuber turned boxer in the boxing match broadcast by Netflix Jake Paul Former heavyweight champion, one of the legendary names in boxing history Mike Tyson We’ll look. Paul had played 10 matches so far and won 9 of them. 6 of them were knockouts.

Mike Tyson played his last professional match in 2005, the year he retired. In 2020, Roy Jones Jr. played a practice match with the team that ended in a draw. In his career, which lasted between 1985 and 2005, Tyson played 58 matches and won 50 (44 by knockout). Although they lost six games, two games were inconclusive.

The match between Paul and Tyson will take place in the American state of Texas AT&T Stadium with a capacity of 80 thousand people will be carried out. The possibility of a match between the two had actually been discussed for years, but it was not expected that it would become reality. Tyson also stated in his previous statements that he had no such intention. That’s why today’s news was surprising to the whole world. It would not be wrong to predict that such a sensational match, even if it is for show, will attract great attention and become one of the biggest sporting events in recent years.

This move by Netflix comes along with other platforms’ moves in the sports space. We mainly saw moves towards live sports broadcasts from Apple. Netflix has also expanded its sports content, especially documentaries. We can say that the Paul-Tyson contest, which everyone is already talking about, will be a very profitable move for the platform.