The crush of people trying to watch Tyson vs. Paul seemed to be more than Netflix’s servers could easily handle, as the social web was awash with complaints about the quality of the stream, which many found to be muddy,

In an internal company memo seen by News, Chief Technology Officer Elizabeth Stone said the bout drew a maximum of 65 million viewers at any one time, rivaling some of the most-watched sporting events.

In Netflix's first live-streamed professional boxing event, 60 million households tuned in to watch Jake Paul face Mike Tyson, according to Netflix.