Canelo vs. Crawford Ratings Fall Short of Taylor-Serrano
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Key Takeaways:
* Crawford-Canelo Viewership: 41.4 million viewers watched Terence Crawford defeat Canelo Alvarez on Netflix (36.6m live average, 41.4m including delayed viewing).
* Comparison to Other Fights:
* less than the 108 million who watched Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson on Netflix.
* Lower than the 47 million who watched Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano (also on Netflix).Taylor-Serrano was the most watched women’s sporting event in US history.
* Peak Viewership: Over 24 million viewers were watching concurrently at the peak.
* US Viewership: Approximately 20.3 million of the live viewers were in the United States.
* Gate Receipts: The fight generated $47 million in gate receipts from a crowd of over 70,000 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. This makes it the most lucrative boxing match not featuring Floyd Mayweather.
In essence, while Crawford-Canelo was a triumphant event for Netflix (setting a record for men’s championship boxing this century), it didn’t draw as large an audience as some other recent boxing events on the platform.
