Netflix‘s much hyped and much delayed live fight tonight between Mike Johnson and Jake Paul is taking some hits even before the former heavyweight champion and the YouTuber turned boxer have climbed in the ring.
From nearly the start of the undercard bouts from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TXm the streamer has been freezing, losing sound and proving slow to reload.
While not crashing as Netflix did when Luke Cage launched on the streamer in October 2016, the audio on the feed cut out over and over and the quality of the image was reduced to smeared pixels repeatedly.
Across the country, fight fans have taken to social media to air their grievances. “This live stream from #Netflix is horrendous, wrote @Cali_Baba on X/Twitter early on in the multi-fight. “Buffering on and off, pixelated image, muffled sound,” he said in complaints that were common Friday. “They wanted the big event, and they are fumbling it.
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