Key Takeaways
- La Velada del Año on Netflix: the boxing event that Ibai Llanos created will stream exclusively on Netflix for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 editions.
- Netflix rights fee: the announcement gives no fee, and none of the other reports read for this story gives a figure for it.
- La Velada del Año viewers: the 2025 edition drew 9.3 million concurrent viewers, and Tubefilter's 7.67 million for 2026 is 17.5 percent below that.
- Off free platforms: El Imparcial reports that the event will leave its free broadcasts on Twitch and other platforms, and that from 2027 watching the fights live requires an active Netflix subscription.
Netflix will stream La Velada del Año, the boxing event that Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos created, exclusively for its 2027, 2028 and 2029 editions. The La Velada del Año Netflix deal was announced on Monday, 19 October 2026, El Imparcial reports. The announcement itself gives no fee for the rights. On Tubefilter's figures, the 2026 count of 7.67 million concurrent viewers was 17.5 percent below the 2025 count of 9.3 million.
Netflix exclusive live rights for La Velada del Año, 2027 to 2029
Netflix's announcement says the event will stream on Netflix for the next three years and calls the move a new chapter in the history of the event that Ibai Llanos created. Tubefilter reports that Netflix has reached a deal to become the exclusive home of the next three editions, which means Netflix alone holds their live rights. El Imparcial reports that the event will leave its free broadcasts on Twitch and other platforms.
Ibai Llanos said the move gives the event a chance to become even bigger. In his words, "bringing it to Netflix for the next three years gives us the opportunity to make it even bigger without losing what makes it special: the community that makes it all possible."
No exact date, venue, participants or fight card for the 2027 edition has been announced, El Imparcial reports.
La Velada del Año viewership: 9.3 million in 2025 and 7.67 million in 2026
Netflix says the fifth edition, held in 2025, reached a peak of 9.3 million concurrent viewers, meaning the number of people watching at the same moment. It also says average viewership grew from approximately 1 million in 2021 to more than 6 million in 2026. Tubefilter gives the same 9.3 million concurrent viewers for 2025, and 7.67 million concurrent viewers for the sixth edition in 2026. Tubefilter also says that the 2026 show did not break as many records as its predecessors.
Tubefilter printed both figures but not the gap between them. Subtracting 7.67 million from 9.3 million leaves 1.63 million, and 1.63 million is 17.5 percent of 9.3 million. On Tubefilter's figures, the 2026 count was 17.5 percent below the 2025 count. Netflix's average-viewership figure measures something different, so this article does not set it against the concurrent counts.
Twitch and YouTube free broadcasts give way to Netflix
Netflix says that until now La Velada del Año was streamed mainly on Ibai Llanos's Twitch channel, and that the sixth edition added YouTube and TikTok in 2026. Twitch is a live-streaming platform that Amazon has owned since 2014.
Ibai Llanos had already pulled back from Twitch. N+ reported on 25 July 2026 that he announced an almost complete withdrawal from Twitch at the end of 2024. Que.es reported on 27 July 2026 that he was temporarily leaving Twitch after La Velada del Año VI.
What the Netflix deal means for creator-led live events
The deal moves a creator-run event from free platforms to a subscription service. Netflix did not state its fee, and none of the other reports read for this story gives a figure for it. The sources allow one comparison, the 17.5 percent gap between Tubefilter's 2025 and 2026 counts, and both editions were held before the Netflix deal was announced.
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People Also Ask
When does La Velada del Año move to Netflix?
La Velada del Año moves to Netflix for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 editions, according to Netflix's announcement, which El Imparcial dates to 19 October 2026. Ibai Llanos, who created the event, also confirmed the deal on his social media, El Imparcial reports.
Is La Velada del Año still free on Twitch and YouTube?
Not from 2027. El Imparcial reports that La Velada del Año will leave its free broadcasts on Twitch and other platforms.
How many people watched La Velada del Año in 2025?
Netflix says the fifth edition of La Velada del Año, held in 2025, reached a peak of 9.3 million concurrent viewers. Tubefilter gives the same 9.3 million concurrent viewers for Ibai Llanos's official stream of that edition.
How much is Netflix paying for La Velada del Año?
Netflix's announcement does not state a fee for the La Velada del Año rights, and the other reports read for this story give no figure either. None of the reports read for this story gives a figure for the 2027 to 2029 deal.
Sources: Netflix, Tubefilter, El Imparcial, N+, Que.es and Wikipedia.