Tag: Alicia Sparks

  A Fighter without a Chance: Alicia Sparks – Part II – By Sue TL Fox On April 20, 1999, After Alicia Sparks did the first story with WBAN, Sparks went ahead and TOOK A FIGHT that was offered by Reggie Johnson. She fought SHADINA PENNYBAKER, a four rounder in a middleweight bout, and was KO’d

In January of 1999, Indiana’s Alicia Sparks, first drew attention when she was quoted in the Miami Herald, in the article The Seamy Side of Women’s Boxing. Sparks told Ken Rodriguez of the Miami Herald that she took her first fight on a few days’ notice. She had never put on a pair of gloves