Paul-Tyson fetches non-Vegas record $18.1M revenue; sets streaming record
Jake Paul and Mike Tyson punched up a record-breaking gate at AT&T Stadium on Saturday with 72,300 fans in attendance leading to $18,117,072 in total revenue, a record for boxing and mixed martial events held outside of Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, Netflix saw the fight peak at 65 million concurrent streams, making it the most-streamed global sporting event in history. According to TVision, 56 percent of all television viewing in the United States between midnight and 1 a.m. ET was to Paul vs. Tyson, which generated an estimated average minute audience (AMA) of 108 million live viewers globally.
Paul won a unanimous decision over the 58-year-old Tyson in a sanctioned, modified eight-round fight.
The co-main event featured a women’s title bout rematch with Katie Taylor defeating Amanda Serrano a second time in a debated outcome. According to TVision, it was the most-watched professional women’s sports event in U.S. history with 47 million AMA while averaging an estimated 74 million live viewers globally.
