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Netflix's ambitious move into sports broadcasting stumbled during Jake Paul's win over Mike Tyson.

The streaming giant's fight night coverage suffered a number of issues on Friday night.

Patrick Mahomes is among the stars playing on December 25
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Patrဣick Mahomes is among the stars playing on December 25Credit: Getty

Millions of fans co🍰mplained about buffering, poor pi♕cture quality, and dodgy audio throughout the show.

Netflix considered the spectacle a win, claiming 65million households tuned in at one point🐭.

"We don't want to dismiss the poor experience of some members, and know we have room for improvement, but still consider this event a huge success," CTO Elizabeth Stone wrote in a message to employees, according to Bloomberg.

Netflix is also showing two huge Christmas Day matchups.

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The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers come together in a festive classic.

Also in action are the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans, with all four teams having a le𒈔gitimate shot at the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

As if that is not enough, Beyonce is set to appear at ha🌟lftime in her hometown Houston.

Netflix paid $150million to secure the rights and there will be a huge po꧒tential fanbase looking to tune in.

With great power, comes great responsibility - and mediaꦬ personality Howard Stern had a warning for the upstart broadcaster.

𝄹"I don’t know how this stuff works, but you gotta make sure it works," he

Netflix enjoyed huge ratings for Paul vs Tyson
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Netflix enjoyed huge ratings for Paul vs TysonCredit: Getty
Host Kate Abdo was forced to apologize during the broadcast
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Hos🎉t Kate Abdo was forced to apologize during the broadcastCredit: Brett Carlsen/Getty Images for Netflix

"You f*** up peo🃏ple’s football, there is hell to pay. You better not."

Netflix has secured a♐t least one December 25 game per year through 2026.

WWE Raw is due to appear on the streaming service in 🅠January��.

“The only upside to [the fight] on Netflix is they can hopefully get the buffering bugs out before WWE starts their programming in January. Bad for boxing and a horrible experience," Hall of Fame wrestler Kevin Nash posted on X.

Michael Naraine - an associate professor of sport management at Brock University - believes Netflix's issues may have been down to a "lack of foresight."

"They didn't necessarily anticipate that 60million people were going to watch,"

"It's possible that they were also naive to think that their current existing platform could have held 60 million people from all over the world watching at one singular point in time.

"This could be a problem because sports is the growth vehicle for Netflix going forward and, quite fran♑kly, for all streaming platforms going forward."

Netflix bosses may have been caught of🐻f guard last week.

But there will be no excuses wheꦿn the festive season comes around.

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