they have everything that is needed to win. derek rayborn has been waiting a long time to get in the ring. 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. and in living color. 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. anticipating his own fight, inmate curtis merrells is more reserved. the guy i m supposed to fight, he s pretty good. he s been having the belt for like three, four years. ain t nobody beat him yet. so i got my hands full. i ve been training like a ma
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. he s going to knock them out. curtis s teammate, 29-year-old derek rayborn, has been boxing since he was a teenager. derek is in prison for robbery and isn t scheduled for release until 2020. so his chances of fighting
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. 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 get out there and help them too. i have to bring mine in, too.
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 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
professionally are all but lost. however, derek knows that fight promoters often attend boxing matches between louisiana prisons. hopefully the right people see me box and they like what they see and hopefully try to help me get out of this situation i m in. i m in here fighting for nothing. i m not getting it. 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