Netflix Inc.’s foray into live sports streaming with the historic boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul drew a massive global audience that resulted in thousands of complaints from viewers about connection problems and frozen screens.

Netflix spent months building up the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, only for the live-streamed event to be called "unwatchable" and marred by near-constant technical glitches. It reached the point that even the official Netflix commentators had to apologize for how bad it was getting.

Tens of thousands of Netflix users reported that the service was not working for them ahead of a fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul on Friday, with many saying that the livestream was failing to load.