15 rounds with gloves with both men in excellent physical condition in their primes.
I have to be honest, neither champ ranks high on the blogbaba's list of heavyweight champions, John L. might have been the first, but he was far from the best heavyweight champ, and Sharkey wasn't much more than solid, certainly not a monster by today's standards.
Sullivan on pure toughness takes the decision, only because John L. was used to going twice as many rounds as that and 15 would have seems like a short fight to him.
Sharkey has the experience and better competition advantage. Sullivan has a great KO record because he fought guys he outweighed plus the best fighter he ever fought was Corbett and he lost to him even though he had a 30lb. weight advantage. I take Sharkey in a unanimous decision.
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