The Astoria Assassin vs The Sailor with Cauliflower Ear. Two of my favourite old school fighters. Around LHW, who wins over 15? This would undoubtedly be a war, where both combatants go to the body savagely, trade clean blows in long exchanges and there's no doubt that both neither would be the same afterwards. Does Sharkey's toughness prevail, or does Berlenbach's superior skills make the difference?
A little bit, he was up and down around 165. Although that may be guess work from the reporters at the time.
My gut feeling is that Sharkey brought more firepower, if the fight happens in a phone booth. He might have lacked finesse, but the guy could obviously crack. This is probably a case of a badass cruiserweight, slugging it out with a badass light heavyweight!