https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/netflix-considers-livestreaming-jake-paul-boxing-match#:~:text=Netflix%20has%20discussed%20livestreaming%20a,biggest%20move%20into%20live%20sports.
Netflix has discussed livestreaming a boxing match featuring YouTuber Jake Paul, the Wall Street Journal reported. It's also considered a potential match between boxers from Premier Boxing Champions, a show currently on Paramount's Showtime. This would be Netflix's biggest move into live sports.
Duster76
11-03-2023, 11:58 PM
Boxing for all practical purposes seems dead, HBO dropped it, Showtime is dropping it, boxing feels like something that is circling the drain. But wait a second, here's an article about the sport that appeared in Forbes:
Top Rank Exec: Boxing Making Huge Comeback With Younger Audiences
Anthony Stitt
Mar 15, 2022
Brace yourself for a shocker: Boxing’s popularity is surging in the United States. For a sport long-deemed a relic from yesteryear, boxing is attracting fans at a higher rate in the U.S. than any other sport while also capturing a younger fan base, according recent poll data.
The esteemed Harris Poll, which surveyed more than 2,000 adults in 2021, ranks boxing as the country’s fourth most-popular sport with 33% of respondents saying they are fans of the sweet science. Ranking ahead of boxing are football (62%) and baseball and basketball (both at 49%). But perhaps the biggest Harris Poll reveal is that boxing ranks one spot ahead of MMA (30%). Back in 2010, boxing failed to place in the Harris Poll’s top 10.
None of this surprises Brian Kelly, the Chief Revenue Officer at Top Rank, one of boxing’s biggest — and most historic — promotions. Kelly quickly points to metrics from Luker on Trends that show boxing has grown more than any sport from 2010 to 2020, attracting more than 26 million new American fans over that period of time.
Apparently reports on the demise of boxing have been greatly exaggerated.