The comeback of Tyson Fury was watched on Netflix by an average minute audience (AMA) of five million in the UK alone, the streaming giants reported.
Heavyweight Fury, 35-2-1 (24 KOs), scored a one-sided 12-round decision win over Arslanbek Makhmudov before calling out Anthony Joshua, WWE-style, in the aftermath. Joshua, however, is yet to accept the 37-year-old’s offer despite Netflix, on the night, incorrectly posting on social media that the fight was a done deal.
That may have assisted interest in the Fury event on social media where a reported 200m impressions were attracted across Netflix’s global channels.
The return of Fury, previously out of the ring since consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, coincided with the second season of Netflix production, At Home With The Furys, which currently sits atop the channel’s viewing chart.
Five million is a huge figure when compared to those generally generated by boxing events in the modern era. However, for context on what fights streamed by Netflix attract, it thus far falls a little short: Mike Tyson losing to Jake Paul drew 125 million; Jake Paul then losing to Anthony Joshua was seen by 33 million. It should however be noted that those figures were for the worldwide viewership.
