The world's all-time great boxer Mike Tyson has entered the ring after 19 years. The match was played at the AT&T Stadium in Texas. Tyson faced 27-year-old American boxer Jack Paul, 31 years his junior. Jack won the match 78-74.
The match was streamed live on Netflix, but so many users joined the stream that the service was shut down for 6 hours. According to userdowndetector.com, more than 1 lakh users in the US and India faced problems running Netflix.
Photos of the match
This photo of Mike Tyson is after the match.
Jack Paul celebrates the victory.
The prize money of the match is Rs. 506 crores According to news agency AFP, the total prize money of this match was 60 million dollars i.e. 506 crore rupees. Jack Paul who won the match will get 40 million dollars i.e. about 338 crore rupees and Mike Tyson will get 20 million dollars i.e. about 169 crore rupees.
Tyson was ahead in the first two rounds Tyson, fighting professionally for the first time since 2005, led the first two rounds against Jack. After this he fell behind in the next four rounds. Jack won the match 78-74. There is a 31-year age difference between the two rivals.
Tyson faced McBride in 2005 Prior to his bout with Jack Paul, Tyson's last professional bout was against Ireland's Kevin McBride in 2005. He had to end his 20-year career with a defeat.
This photo of Kevin McBride (left) and Tyson is from the 2005 fight.
Tyson the youngest heavyweight champion In 1986, at the age of 20, Tyson broke Trevor Berber's record to become the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. This record still stands today.
Tyson slapped Paul A day before this match, there was a face-to-face between the two players. Where Tyson slapped Jack Paul. With this slap of Tyson, the excitement of the match reached its peak.
More than 27 million users of Netflix According to userdowndetector.com, users in India faced problems playing Netflix from 6 am to 12 pm. Around 9.15 am, 1,296 people had trouble playing Netflix.
At 9.15 am IST in the US, 95,324 people faced streaming issues.
Netflix has around 10 million i.e. more than 1 crore subscribers in India. Netflix has more than 27 million subscribers in 190 countries around the world.
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