the chow cart and brought back to the kitchen. it will be recleaned and sanitized to be used again for our next feeding. pretty decent. one of sergeant smith s most important jobs is keeping track of the many cooking utensils inmates use to prepare food. any of these utensils in here probably look like they re just a regular kitchen utensil, but what s really important to remember, especially here in this facility and any other facility, is that these actually could be turned into weapons very, very easily. and they can be sharpened down, they could be taken apart. any number of things could be done to these. so we re very particular about keeping track of every utensil we have, making sure everything matches with the utensil numbers and everything. curtis merrells is one of the inmates allowed to handle the potentially dangerous utensils, but chances are if curtis wanted to hurt someone he d save it for the ring. curtis is serving a 25-year
to box. you just can t get in there and start boxing. there are some procedures in place before you can become a boxer. as they wait for the bus that will transport them to a rival prison, the inmates are anxious to show off their talents. they have everything that is needed to win. derik rayborn has been waiting a long time to get in the ring. it. hoar is the star of the show. outlaw. fast hands, fast feet. he s going to be mighty hard to beat. with his speed and endurance the opponent is going to need life insurance. tell him what i say. they re going to need it. tell them what i say, son. what are we going to do tonight? we re going to smash something. what are we going to do tonight? we re going to smash something. there you heard it. live. smash something. from the hunt correctional center. i m the outlaw. i m going to bring it and bring it and bring the pain. i m ready to beat somebody up. i mean, i ain t fight in a while so i m ready to go fight now.
if i take this belt, if i win, i m the man. i mean, nobody has beat this cat for three to four years, and if i beat him i m the big man on the compound. nobody tell me nothing. one way in which curtis draws inspiration is through his family. i brought him in. two days before this fight, curtis s mother, sister, and niece traveled to elayn hunt to wish him their best. i try to come to visit him every other weekend. in the beginning it was real hard because i knew i had to leave him here, but now it s getting better because i realize that it was just it was a mistake that he made, and it s just something that we re learning to cope with. we re behind him, we re with him, and whatever it takes for us to see him through this, then that s what we re going to do. and once he s released, then we ll be released. to me he s the heavyweight champion of the world.
i was like, oh, man, i knew he got it. they re going to give it to him because he s as home. it is now time for curtis merrells to step into the ring. the stakes are high, not only bragging rights but a title belt. both fighters start off slow in round one. neither impressing the judges. in round two curtis is aggressive and lands more punches. in the final round curtis starts to tire and his opponent gets some good hits in.
to hurt someone he d save it for the ring. curtis is serving a 25-year sentence for robbery. he started boxing to relieve stress. i chose to go off the wrong side of the road. the result of that, i lost my wife, i lost my kids. i made one decision, one bad decision in life, and it got me 25 years, which i ll be 48 when i get out, which i was 22 when i came in here. the program at the prison gives inmates the opportunity to box against fighters from rival institutions. in just a few days curtis will travel with the boxing team to a nearby state penitentiary where he will compete for the title in his weight division. to just get in that ring and fight, you got to be a stone warrior to fight, especially in prison fighting because i think it s more harder than professional fights.