Netflix has recently gotten into the fight game but only for the biggest and most historic boxing bouts.
It was recently revealed why the UFC and Netflix didn’t come to an agreement on a broadcast deal before the MMA leader joined up with Paramount.
The streaming service may now be a major player in live sports, but it’s only interested in fights that are going to appeal to a mass audience.
This past weekend, Netflix put on their third boxing event, with Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford drawing 41.4 million viewers for the undisputed super middleweight fight.
Here are four fights that could be in contention to receive this kind of treatment.
However, one rule for this list was to stay away from the names that have already been featured on Netflix, otherwise the entire list would be fighters that have already done it like Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.
4. ‘Tank’ Davis vs TBA
While this is cheating to some degree because we haven’t attached an opponent, there’s a reason for this.
There will be several names coming up on this list that if you paired them with Gervonta Davis, it would instantly make for a fight that would be in contention for the very top spot.
Of course, following a slight adjustment to the plans, Davis is set to face Jake Paul next time out, which will likely only increase his popularity, though this might be dependent on the result.
‘Tank’ remains one of the biggest names in the sport and while he should be fighting Lamont Roach Jr. next, as his matchup with ‘The Problem Child’ shows, there are far bigger opportunities out there for him.
3. Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson
While he’s received criticism in his career, there’s no denying that Shakur Stevenson is incredibly talented.
He just needs some big name opponents to show this against, and he appears to now have that in Teofimo Lopez.
The two men have been talking about facing each other for some time, with Lopez recently stating that he believes it will take place early on in 2026.
There’s no denying that it isn’t close to the same scale as the three other fights that Netflix has put on in the past.
However, as Lopez himself said in an interview with The Ring this past week, this is a matchup that could end up being massively important in years to come.
“I think we’ve known this since we were signed for Top Rank… I think we both understand that the winner of this is the leader of the new school.”
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2. Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua
Anthony Joshua is lining up for “the last big roll of the dice” after returning in a warm-up fight at some point early on in 2026.
It seems fairly likely that Tyson Fury will return to the ring if there’s a big enough fight for him, and this is undoubtedly the biggest matchup to make in the heavyweight division.
Joshua recently lashed out at Fury as fans saw a side to ‘AJ’ that we often only get small glimpses of.
If it does finally happen, it may have come too late, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s been one of the biggest fights in boxing for years.
1. Ryan Garcia vs Devin Haney 2
The disaster in Times Square earlier this year where both men did little to inspire excitement and Ryan Garcia suffered a shocking loss certainly didn’t help this fight.
That being said, all it will take is one press conference between these two men to remind fans of what is at stake in this bad blood rematch.
The build to their first meeting was one of the strangest roads to a fight that we’ve seen in some time, and this only became even more unique following the outcome.
Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury would also be an entertaining build with two big stars, but Garcia vs Haney 2 might just have that extra something special that would pull in a mainstream audience and turn Netflix’s head.