You probably know or have heard about the tanker truck that blew up on I-95 early this morning. You also probably know or have heard that, amazingly, neither the driver nor anyone else was hurt or killed.
What you may not know or didn't hear was that the driver was a former Beltway pro boxer named Boyer "Sugarboy" Chew from Baltimore. Chew should be praised as a hero for his efforts to preserve not only his life, but others as well.
According to the Washington Post, the truck Chew was driving was carrying 8,600 gallons of regular and premium gasoline and was traveling southbound on I-95 near Maryland Route 212 when a fire started on the truck. Chew, a 15-year veteran of big rig driving, told Channel 4 News that he saw a spark on one of the wheels of his truck.
"My wheel was on fire," Chew told Channel 4. "Next thing you know, she was up in flames."
"I knew one thing, to get out of there," Chew continued. I thought the thing was going to explode on me."
Chew was a cruiserweight from 1991-2000 but he only fought 17 times and had a record of 7-10 with no knockouts. Chew's most notable opponent was a young Antonio Tarver. Chew lost to Tarver by a seventh round TKO in January of 1998 in Atlantic City.
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