Reported in "TIGER FLOWERS WHIPS EDDIE HUFFMAN AT ASCOT: Scenes From the Sensational Ascot Battle Between Eddie Huffman and Tiger Flowers KNOCKDOWN IN THIRD ALMOST RUIS CHAMP Ex-Sailor Puts Middleweight King on Floor but Takes Drubbing in Closing Rounds of Bout," Lowry, Paul, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926: A1.
Tiger Flowers was the first African American middleweight boxing champion. This match took place in Ascot park near Gardena, Calif., which became a raceway in 1957 and later closed in 1990.