The Byon Combat Showbiz Vol.2 boxing event on November 8 at the Colosseum, West Jakarta, managed to put on quite the show for fans and spectators, both in-person and online. In fact, one of the marquee fights that saw the promotions CEO, celloszxz, take on fellow content creator Erlanggs became the most popular stream on YouTube Live over the past week.
Celloszxz is one of Indonesia's most followed YouTubers (5.27M subscribers, putting him in the top ten of this list), while Erlangss is one of its fastest-rising online stars with 40.1K subscribers. When promoting his company's then-upcoming event, the former had noted that he would be willing to get into the ring if needed. Soon after, his colleague called him out, setting up this highly-anticipated clash that celloszxz won via first-round TKO.
The event, starring many of the Southeast Asian nation's top streamers, was broadcast live on celloszxz's YouTube channel, which is what helped it record 1.6M Peak Viewers, the highest on the platform over the past week. It first reached 1M peak concurrent viewers during the end of the bout between influencers and kk ungke versus andi cobra, which was won by the former.
There was an interesting trend in that the number of peak viewers would keep ebbing and flowing throughout the event. That is because of the breaks that would be taken between each fight, which is when the commentators would also recap events and preview the upcoming ones, leading to many viewers admittedly treating this as a break time for themselves as well.
Moreover, it ended as one of the most popular live broadcasts on the red platform for the year, finishing in the eighth position on this table. It was also the sixth-most watched broadcast over the past week and the number one among Indonesians by a distance.
This comes as even more of an accomplishment considering it bettered all the viewership numbers of the first edition of this boxing exhibition. Volume 2 performed 54.2% higher in terms of peak concurrent viewers, while it also bettered its watch time and average viewership by 88% and 84.1%, respectively. However, both are by far the most successful live streams for this famous Indonesian broadcaster by a country mile, and fans will be hoping he takes encouragement and conducts more such events to keep them entertained.
This live stream also made celloszxz the most popular Indonesian YouTuber ever by peak concurrent viewers. This figure is 341% better than the next best entry, that of Rusli ID from September 12, 2023.
Most impressively, it became the second-most popular live broadcast by an individual channel ever on the Google-owned service, behind only Brazilian CazéTV's December 9, 2022, effort. Interestingly, all three of the top efforts on this leaderboard pertain to the Sports category, showing just how sought after it is when the right events take place.
Returning to the boxing exhibition, Byon Combat is an association of Indonesian boxers created by celloszxz. It aims to revive the country's boxing industry, which has seen a decline recently. This community organizes fights between influencers and content creators, apart from famous boxers, meaning there's almost a week of training and conditioning that these online personalities go through prior to their bouts.
The Showbiz events have become some of the most popular among boxing fans in Indonesia, and that was reflected in the numbers November 8's live stream notched. It also helped celloszxz establish himself as Indonesia's eminent YouTuber, and what he does hereon to break such a marvelous record will be worth keeping an eye on.