Holy cow, did you hear about the Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez fight pulling in over 41 million viewers? That’s insane! These two fighters are absolute beasts in the ring, so it’s no wonder so many people tuned in to watch.
It just goes to show how popular boxing is these days. People love watching these intense matches, especially when you have two top-notch fighters going head-to-head. And with the rise of streaming services, it’s easier than ever for fans to catch all the action no matter where they are.
Canelo-Crawford didn’t eclipse the 108 million viewers (125 million using the live+1 metric) who watched Jake Paul’s fight with Mike Tyson last November — but it was easily the most-viewed men’s championship boxing match of the century.
According to Netflix, Canelo-Crawford peaked at over 24 million concurrent streams, with the main event scoring an estimated average minute audience (AMA) of 36.6 million live+SD (same day) viewers from opening to closing bell, per VideoAmp and Netflix.
The event was also No. 1 on Netflix in 30 countries, including the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Ireland and Australia, while also cracking the top 10 in 91 other countries.
Saturday’s bout, which was the first boxing event held at Allegiant Stadium, also generated a gate of over $47 million, the largest in the history of the stadium and third largest in boxing history, behind Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao ($72 million) and Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor ($55 million).
Who knows, maybe this fight will go down in history as one of the most-watched boxing matches of all time. One thing’s for sure, both Crawford and Alvarez put on one heck of a show for all those viewers.
