Netflix Flux Up!

While watching – or should I say attempting to watch the Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson heavyweight bout last night on Netflix, my thoughts drifted to the Ravens and their scheduled game against the Texans on Christmas Day. And then I thought, “what a cluster that’s going to be!”

The fight was a joke on every imaginable level. I’m guessing most tuned in not because they expected a 58-year-old man and a social media influencer to conjure up memories of Ali v. Frazier or Hagler v. Hearns, but because they expected a spectacle on the level of Evil Knievel jumping the Grand Canyon on his motorcycle. Millions were curious and last night curiosity killed the Netflix App.

The feed was regularly interrupted and when it wasn’t the picture quality was that of a primitive Nintendo bout. Imagine what the Ravens game could look like on Netflix!

If Netflix broadcasted NFL games (Part 2) https://t.co/VC6T87lC1b pic.twitter.com/zRxXCQkMXP

— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) November 16, 2024

Fortunately for all cities whose hometown teams play on Christmas, Baltimore, Houston, Kansas City and Pittsburgh, there will be a local affiliate carrying the game. Here in Charm City, we can lean on WJZ-TV to watch the game without suffering through the internet spin cycle.

Netflix servers tonight pic.twitter.com/3QNl5BQ3ld

— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) November 16, 2024

As for the fight, I eventually opened my MacBook and watched it there with about 90% integrity. And when it was over, I felt suckered. A bit embarrassed. I should have just watched the Golden Girls where the fight scenes are much more intense.

I don’t know about you, but I actually thought Tyson would win. I was lured in by the videos of Iron Mike’s workouts that littered social media. His movements were that of a man half his age. The power in his punches was thunderous. The way he bobbed and weaved was like a Whack-a-Mole on steroids.

But when Tyson got in the ring last night, he looked more like Joe Biden walking to the podium than he did vintage Mike Tyson. It was a spectacle. Just not the one I expected. I was had. Maybe you were too.

Making things even worse, the Netflix ringside announcers calling the fight were wretched. The classic standard voices and personalities that boxing fans worldwide grew to love and respect over decades, who regularly called the big fights on Pay-per-View and HBO, were nowhere to be found. Instead, we were “treated” to Mauro Ranallo on play-by-play. I wish I had a meatball for every time he said, “Momma Mia!” The “analysts” were Roy Jones, Jr. (I was tempted to activate closed caption given his mumbling) who was obsessed with Tyson’s mouthpiece and glove biting, and Rosie Perez who must have been a last-minute replacement for Whoopi Goldberg.

I’m expecting Netflix to hire the cast of Desperate Housewives to call the Ravens at Texans. But I digress…

Despite all the obvious signs to bail on this debacle, I stayed with the fight because heaven forbid, I miss the haymaker that Tyson might land which would send Jake Paul tumbling into a face plant upon the canvas. But it was obvious that Tyson was never going to land that punch. What he needed was some Geritol punch.

If you were one of the smart ones and took a hard pass on the bout, congratulations. If you were one of those whose app sputtered so much that you went to bed, I envy your intelligence. That said, if you want to watch the “fight” uninterrupted, get yourself a triple shot of espresso and click on play below.

Oh, and thank God for WJZ-TV!

Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul FULL FIGHT#MikePaul pic.twitter.com/rzzLBYpezu

— VVENZ (@VENZZHills) November 16, 2024

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