Most watched event of 2019: AJ fight floors champions League final
The December 7 2019 clash between Nigeria born British boxer Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jnr may have come and gone but impact of the bout is still kissing the headlines.
It has now been confirmed that the heavyweight rematch was the most watched event on burgeoning streaming platform DAZN in 2019.
The Saudi Arabia rematch broke UK pay-per-view records and now Sportsmail can reveal that the event also eclipsed the Champions League final and many other sporting highlights among DAZN’s worldwide markets.
The streaming service, which hit 8million subscribers late last year, have not released the official viewing numbers but they are understood to be significantly higher than the 1.8m reported elsewhere.
Despite DAZN wanting the fight in New York, AJ-Ruiz II beat both legs of Liverpool’s epic Champions League win over Barcelona, as well as Canelo’s fights with Sergey Kovalev and Danny Jacobs.
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Since launching in 2016, UK-based company DAZN have spread to nine countries – Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.
Here are the top 10 most watched events that broke the ceiling in 2019
- Andy Ruiz Jr vs. Anthony Joshua II (December 7)
- Champions League: Tottenham vs. Liverpool (June 1)
- Champions League: Liverpool vs. Barcelona (May 7)
- Canelo Alvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev (November 2)
- KSI vs. Logan Paul II (November 9)
- Champions League: Tottenham vs. Bayern Munich (October 1)
- Serie A: Milan v Internazionale (September 21)
- Champions League: Ajax vs. Tottenham (May 8)
- Champions League: Barcelona vs. Liverpool (May 1)
- Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs (May 4)