it up for angola s [ applause ] when they said the split decision, i knew he had it. 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
i m not benefiting nothing from fighting up in here. so if somebody likes the way i fight that s into promoting out there and willing to help me fight, i mean, i m willing to fight for free for two years. just get me out of jail. derek s nickname is the outlaw. he knows that winning his next fight is critical. i m fighting the number one contender fight which if i win the next time i fight in september i get to fight for the belt, which is good. i m going to win. because they haven t seen me in a while. i ain t fighted in this year yet. i fought last year, not this year. everybody, they know i can fight. as members of hunt s boxing team, derek and curtis spar with one another, but never fight. r energy company. i can tell you - safety is at the heart of everything we do. we ve added cutting-edge technology like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all drilling activity twenty-four-seven.
[ cheers and applause ] another split decision gives victory to the opponent. although the night is disappointing for derik and curtis, other members of the elayn hunt boxing team are successful. give it up for hunt correctional center. tyrone patterson. when one lose, we all lose. and when one wins, we all win. so i feel like a winner. you know, we brought home two belts. it motivates me. i ve got to get out there and i ve got to help them too. i ve got to bring mine in too. at least we can see things when we re leaving, we can see people out there. we can see things that a bunch of people want to see that ain t boxing. they stay here every day. they don t get to go nowhere. so that s what i m looking forward to. shortly after our cameras left, hurricane katrina destroyed much of the gulf coast region. the elayn hunt correctional
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 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
gets some good hits in. let s give these fighters a big hand. and now, ladies and gentlemen, by way of split decision, representing angola, give it up for [ cheers and applause ] another split decision gives victory to the opponent. although the night is disappointing for derek and curtis, other members of the elayn hunt boxing team are successful. give it up for hunt correctional center. tyrone patterson.