DAZN, the subscription-based streaming service that is the home of boxer Canelo Álvarez thanks to an 11-fight, $365 million deal they signed last October, didn’t have a good showing in Saturday night’s big fight between Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs.
Fans had a number of complaints throughout the broadcast, ranging from a snafu during Jacobs’ walk out to the ring, to bad streaming quality, to claims of the commentators being to pro Alvarez, who won the fight via unanimous decision, during the fight and more.
It all started before Jacobs even made the walk out to the ring, as many customers had a problem getting the app to work after paying for it.
Seems like this was an issues for a bunch of people:
Then when Jacobs walked out to the ring his music cut off for a brief time before starting again, something UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier and others couldn’t believe:
Then once the fight began there were sound issues:
And then there were the claims about the commentators, which Cormier also had concerns about:
And there were issues with the stream for many customers:
So, yeah. Not a great night for DAZN.
