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The IMF go after mobster Buckman, who plans to take control of all sporting events and rig them for big money with the help of Syndicate man Whalen. Barney goes undercover as a boxer making a comeback to get a fight with Buckman's top boxer, while Jim infiltrates Whalen's organization.
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This episode features Robert Conrad in a minor role as a boxing trainer. Conrad was a trained boxer and stuntman in real life, and would go on to play a bad guy in two M:I episodes in 1970 and 1972.
Barney's training is shown through a montage, the first of only a few times this directorial device was used in the show.
Guest agent: Richy Lemoine. Richy appears to be a civilian since Jim recruits him after selecting him in the dossier scene, and there's no reason to believe Richy is a full-fledged IMF agent or consultant prior to this episode.