The Champ

The Champ, is a fictional, supporting character from the 1982 television series Police Squad! He is a boxer who's managed by crooked manager, Saul Cooper and crime boss Montague Martin.

Background
In the episode, "Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment)" boxer Buddy Briggs and Lieutenant Frank Drebin, who's undercover as Buddy's new manager, going by the name Bob Kelly, decide to meet at Morey's Bar in the evening, to arrange a fight with "The Champ", who is managed by Saul Cooper and Montague Martin. Once there, Cooper introduces "Bob Kelly" to Martin as the "guy who manages Lorne Greene and Johnny Cash". Frank tries to get Martin to agree to a fight between Buddy and The Champ, but Martin promises he will never get a fight in this city because "I own this town!" Frank then tries to offend The Champ directly by shouting that he is dishonest and only wins because of guys "lying down or dying", but this does not work. Despite a torrent of insults from Frank, The Champ remains courteous and composed. Dejected and believing that a fight will never happen, Buddy then says "forget it" and prepares to leave. Upon hearing this seemingly innocent remark, The Champ becomes enraged, shouting that "No one says 'forget it' to me!" The Champ tries to hit Buddy, but Buddy blocks his punch and then hits back, knocking down The Champ. With that, a boxing match between Buddy and The Champ is on.

The evening of the fight, Martin walks into Buddy's dressing room and tells him that he has kidnapped Mary. He threatens her safety unless Buddy "takes a dive" in the 12th round. He shows him Mary's toaster to prove he's not bluffing. Buddy is upset because he trained to win the fight, but now he has to lose. Frank promises Buddy that he will find Mary and that he should still beat The Champ. Frank needs to find Mary before the fight is over and needs answers fast so he goes to see Johnny the Snitch. Johnny tells Frank that Mary is being held hostage by Luca Burnett at Jim's Gym. When Frank arrives, Mary has already untied the ropes binding her, and tries to escape. Luca wakes up and takes her into the steam room at gunpoint. A shootout between Frank and Luca begins, which is completely obscured due to the steam. However, we hear Frank finally shoot Luca, and Frank and Mary drive back to the boxing match, where Buddy is about to lose.

During the boxing match in a continuation of the gag where Martin shows Buddy things belonging to Mary to prove he has her, Martin holds up Mary's washing machine. Buddy is knocked down by The Champ. However, Mary enters the arena and shouts "Buddy!" On seeing that Mary is safe, a reinvigorated Buddy jumps up and knocks out The Champ with a single punch. When asked by the referee how many fingers he could see, he responded "Thursday" and promptly collapsed.