Netflix, Terence Crawford and Canelo
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More than 41 million global viewers watched Saturday’s boxing card in Las Vegas between Canelo Alvarez and Terence “Bud” Crawford on Netflix, the streaming platform announced today
Canelo Alvarez faces his biggest challenge since Dmitry Bivol. Alvarez, once again fighting before Mexican Independence Day, defends his undisputed super middleweight crown against Terence Crawford. It all goes down on Saturday night from Allegiant Stadium -- the first combat event to take place at the venue.
By contrast, Paul vs. Tyson was the top global trend at the time of the bout, dominating conversations across most regions where Netflix operates. Taylor vs. Serrano 3 trended more modestly, reaching the #3 global spot.
As expected, Netflix’s telecast of the Canelo vs. Crawford fight took the top spot on the streamer’s weekly Top 10 English TV list from September 8 through 14 with 17.7M views. Considering the live event took place Saturday night,