Jake Paul and Mike Tyson embrace after their heavyweight boxing match, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Picture/Julio Cortez)
Jake Paul’s unanimous choice over Mike Tyson was the highest-grossing fight sports activities occasion in Texas at $18.1 million, the promotions firm co-founded by Paul mentioned Tuesday.
The eight-round combat on the house of the Dallas Cowboys drew about 72,000 followers and was a part of a co-main occasion that featured Katie Taylor’s newest disputed choice in an excellent light-weight championship slugfest towards Amanda Serrano.
The occasion surpassed Texas’ earlier sports activities fight excessive of $9 million set by Canelo Alvarez when he confronted Billy Joe Saunders at 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in 2021, in line with Most Worthwhile Promotions.
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There have been 73,000-plus followers on the Alvarez-Saunders combat, which on the time was the most important crowd for a U.S. sporting occasion because the begin of the pandemic a 12 months earlier.
Paul beat Tyson, the 58-year-old former heavyweight champion, in a lopsided choice, profitable all however one spherical on the three judges’ scorecards mixed. It was the eleventh victory in 12 fights for the YouTuber-turned-boxer, who has seven knockouts in 4 1/2 years since turning professional.
BetMGM mentioned the combat was its most-bet boxing or mixed-martial arts combat, taking thrice the variety of bets and 4 occasions the cash of any fight sport within the sportsbook’s historical past. A Caesars Sportsbook official mentioned the combat was on par with an NFL Monday evening sport.
Netflix reported a peak of 65 million viewers within the streaming platform’s debut for stay sporting occasions. Netflix is carrying two NFL video games on Christmas Day and WWE “Uncooked” on Jan. 6.
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