Netflix down for thousands of users in US, says Downdetector

:Netflix was down for thousands of users in the U.S. late Friday, with more than 12,000 incidents reported, said the downfall tracking website Downdetector.com.

The reports come as Netflix airs a much-anticipated live boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul that promises to draw heavy traffic to the platform.

However, the number of users indicating problems had dropped to 5,114 at 9:21 p.m. ET, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by aggregating status reports from various sources.

Netflix said it had no immediate comment in response to a request from Reuters.