While cockfighting may be thrilling and exciting for some people, it's hard to ignore that this is indeed animal abuse. But people have always associated this with the context of culture and tradition so that cockfighting continues to this day. But it is still a bad tradition and should be abandoned.
For some people, it's a thrilling, exciting, and entertaining spectacle. But for us, it's something so eerie, we can't even imagine the appeal of cockfighting, other than watching them fight (and being forced to fight) until they're injured and even die.
There's much controversy surrounding cockfighting, both from an animal perspective and from a long-standing cultural perspective. However, the issue isn't that complex. Cockfighting is closely associated with gambling, so whenever there's a cockfight, there's bound to be some gambling involved. This is one reason why it's banned in many regions.