On the night of November 15, the boxing world was preparing for Mike Tyson's return to the ring in an exhibition match against Jake Paul at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. However, just hours before the event, social media users reported issues with the Netflix platform, responsible for live-streaming the fight.
According to Downdetector, which monitors the status of services in real-time across different platforms, the main complaints about Netflix are coming from central Mexico. According to this report, 79% of the reported issues are related to video streaming, 16% to server connection, and the remaining 5% to login issues.
The outage of the Netflix service triggered a series of reactions on social media, with users expressing their frustration over the situation. Some commented: "What a shame" and "Fix the signal, it freezes all the time." Additionally, the service interruption generated a myriad of memes circulating online.
Although the exact cause of the streaming failure has not been determined, it is speculated that the saturation of the service due to high demand to watch the Tyson and Paul fight may have been the reason. Several people shared on social media their problems while trying to watch the event on Netflix, highlighting the frustration over constant interruptions during the fight.
