Over 41 Million Global Viewers On Netflix Watch Terence Crawford Defeat Canelo lvarez To Claim Super Middleweight Championship

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Over 41 Million Global Viewers On Netflix Watch Terence Crawford Defeat Canelo lvarez To Claim Super Middleweight Championship

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15 September 2025

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The Showdown Between Two of Boxing's Best Fighters Becomes the Most-Viewed Men's Championship Boxing Match this Century

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In a career-defining performance, Terence Crawford (42-0, 31KOs) defeated Sa l Canelo lvarez (63-3-2, 30 KOs) by unanimous decision after 12 rounds, to win the undisputed Super Middleweight Championship.

The main event scored an estimated average minute audience (AMA) of 36.6 million live SD viewers from opening to closing bell, per VideoAmp and Netflix.

Viewing continued into the weekend bringing an estimated AMA total of 41.4 million viewers (Live 1), making it the most-viewed men's championship boxing match this century.

In the US, an estimated AMA of 20.3 million viewers tuned in live SD to the main event.

Canelo-Crawford peaked at over 24M concurrent streams.

The event was #1 on Netflix in 30 countries, including the US, Mexico, UK, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Ireland and the Philippines, and made the Top 10 in 91 countries.

The fight generated over 950 million owned impressions across Netflixs global social channels. Canelo Crawford was a top trending topic on X worldwide, trending #1 in the US and appearing in the trending lists of 21 other countries. The fight accounted for 21 of the top 30 trends in the US while "Canelo" and "Crawford" were the #1 and #2 trends respectively in Mexico.

Joe Hand Promotions, the leader in premium live sports entertainment for the out-of-home market, estimates 500K viewers watched the fight from over 2,700 bars and restaurants in US, Canada and Puerto Rico.

The sold-out event shattered records at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, with 70,482 people in attendance, generating an over $47M gate, the largest gate in the history of the stadium.

The star-studded guest list including Adam Brody, Angel Reese, Brenda Song, Chance the Rapper, Charlie Sheen, Charlize Theron, Cordae, Darius Garland, Dave Chappelle, David Spade, Evander Holyfield, Holt McCallany, Jason Statham, Jeremy Renner, Joey Badass, Jonathan Majors, Josh Duhamel, Julio C sar Ch vez, Logan Paul, Macaulay Culkin, Magic Johnson, Marc Anthony, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Friend, Michael Irvin, Michael Che, Michael J. Fox, Mike Tyson, Jimmy MrBeast Donaldson, Paul Triple H Levesque, Reykon, Rob Lowe, Roy Jones Jr., Sofia Vergara, Stephen A. Smith, SZA, Taylor Sheridan, Tom Segura, Tony Hinchcliffe, Tracy Morgan, Tyrese Maxey, Wilmer Valderrama and Wiz Khalifa.

Learn more about each athlete and read a complete recap of fight night HERE.

Netflix's next live boxing event will be Jake vs. Tank, airing globally on November 14.

Total viewership AMA estimates are derived from VideoAmp data in the US (for both Live SD and Live 1), Joe Hand (US, Canada, Puerto Rico) and first-party data in global markets (for both Live SD and Live 1).

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