Netflix sports cherry broken; Iron Mike vs. Jake Paul

The bloodiest fight of the night was between Ireland’s Katie Taylor and Puerto Rico’s Amanda Serrano. Taylor head-butted Amanda Serrano four times to open an ugly, huge cut over Serrano’s right eye and cheat a win. It was a decision disputed by the entire broadcast crew and every patron watching at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.
58 year old champ Mike Tyson faced Internet influencer, boxing-disruptor Jake Paul. Tyson is an icon, but there is a huge age difference and Tyson didn’t have legs tonight. Wait for the movie, it will premier on Netflix one day, ad-supported.
Netflix trounces Amazon Prime in live sporting presentations.
Netflix could dominate in the international pay-per-view market. It will be a venue for other major events, NFL is assured. Tonight’s boxing event was stellar. All it needed was Don King.

Others were not so impressed. Though I encountered no issues with the stream, some reports tell a different story.

(USATODAY) The long-awaited fight between Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul from AT&T Stadium was set to be one of Netflix’s biggest streaming events of the year, but technical problems made the event extremely difficult to watch long before Tyson or Paul ever walked to the ring.

Constant buffering and blurry images marred Friday’s undercard, leaving many upset viewers wondering what sort of stress testing Netflix did before millions of people were expected to tune in at the same time.

Maybe some think the boxing event bit the big one, like Tyson bites his glove.

KING 5 chose Kelly Hanson as the permanent host of the midday New Day Northwest lifestyle program. Hanson brings energy and eye candy to an otherwise ho-hum local tv time-filler.