Smith was the referee who gave this fight to Sharkey. Assuming he is on the up and up, it was obviously the way HE saw it. It is fair to say that most others did not see it that way. Yes, film does exist. All I have ever seen is a few rounds. They show Schmeling chasing Sharkey (nothing like the first fight) and landing big rights rather convincingly on the retreating Sharkey. But I haven't seen all the fight to make any judgement on the decision other than what I have read. However one takes this decision, don't you think Schmeling should have been given an immediate rematch rather than being shunted into a fight with Baer while Carnera gets the shot, despite his loss to Gains? Schmeling obviously was not treated fairly in America, a point Gene Tunney once made publicly.