The Fight That Was Slow-Streamed Around The World

Maybe if the Mike Tyson/Jake Paul fight had occurred over the summer like it was originally scheduled, it might have seem more thrilling. But I felt like it was a dud.

Also, coming as it does about 10 days after the election of Donald Trump, it seems to be really anti-climatic. There seems to be a lot of apathy and malaise still lingering. Of course, that’s if you actually saw the fight as it happened and didn’t get a news notification of the results as your Netflix connection was buffering.

Seeing Tyson’s bare ass in a locker room was more of a surprise than a fight that looked more like two people playing Patty Cake. But let’s face it. Tyson just turned 58 a few months ago and having him wait around to 11 p.m. Central Standard Time to fight someone who was still sucking on his mother’s teat when Tyson took a bite out of Evander Holyfield’s ears probably wasn’t a good idea.

One of my good friends, Kat, went to the bout and she felt it should have started at about 7:30 p.m. Yet, after three fights to begin the night, a lot of people weren’t really interested or even still awake.

The bout was eight rounds and had about as much interest as watching an elementary school chorus sing while standing on risers looking bored themselves. However, since the buffering wouldn’t allow me to watch any of it live, I got to skip ahead through everything to the end.

And even when the judges made their decision, it was as if you already knew what was going to be announced. Some people have theorized it might have been rigged especially after Amanda Serrano lost to Katie Taylor in a bout prior. Many people who watched that one felt Serrano should’ve won.

I don’t mean to be a conspiracy theorist. But it’s getting to the point of not knowing what’s real or not anymore. Also, if you’re going to live-stream something, it’s best to have the abilities to do so. What did people at Netflix think, that hardly anyone was going to tune in? Twice, on my Microsoft Surface Pro, it stopped before the first punch was thrown between Tyson and Paul.

When I tried to watch it on my phone, I didn’t have much luck there. After the disastrous Tom Brady live roast, Netflix really needs to reconsider if they want to keep showing stuff live. Of course that’s a risk everyone takes when you show things live.

What do you think? Please comment.