Cockfighting is said to be the world's oldest spectator sport and may have originated in Persia 6,000 years ago. Two mature males (cocks or roosters) are set to fight each other, and will do so with great vigour until one is critically injured or killed.
How long ago was the sport of fighting chickens been around?
Cockfighting is said to be the world's oldest spectator sport and may have originated in Persia 6,000 years ago.