David Jaco

David Jaco (born January 24, 1957) is a retired heavyweight boxer. He spent his career as a journeyman fighting boxers to build up their career records. He retired in 1994 with 24 wins (19 by knockout), 25 losses (18 by knockout), and 1 draw.^[1]

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Name	Jaco, David
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Date of birth	January 24, 1957
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Career

Jaco's first fight was on January 6, 1981, and he defeated Vic Wallace by knockout in four rounds. He went on to win his next eleven fights before a 1983 first round knockout defeat at the hands of future title contender Carl "The Truth" Williams.

Jaco continued to fight journeymen like himself for the next several months and won five more fights before his next defeat, a unanimous decision against Carlos Hernandez. Jaco was dominated in that fight, losing all ten rounds on one judge's scorecard, eight on a second, and seven on a third.^[2]

Jaco's first high profile victory (and perhaps his only one) came against young Canadian fighter and future title contender Donovan Ruddock, whom he beat on April 30, 1985 under controversial circumstances when Ruddock's corner threw in the towel in the eighth round. Ruddock later was found to have a respiratory illness that almost ended his career, which contributed to breathing problems that caused his corner to stop the fight.

The victory over Ruddock was the last Jaco would see until 1988 as he was beaten in his next nine fights, seven times by knockout. Among the fighters he took on were contender Jose Ribalta, future titleholders Tony Tucker, Buster Douglas, and Mike Tyson, and former champion Mike Weaver.

Jaco's losing streak was finally broken on March 11, 1988, when he knocked out previously unbeaten Zambian Michael Simuwelu in the first round. Again, it would be his last victory for an extended period. Six defeats followed, including fights against future champion Oliver McCall, an on-the-comeback trail George Foreman, and Tommy Morrison.

After his loss to Morrison Jaco went unbeaten in his next five fights, winning four times and drawing against former contender David Bey. After defeating Danny Sutton in the last of those five fights, Jaco never won again. His retirement fight resulted in him getting knocked out by Bey.

References

1. ^ Graham, Tim (2005-06-09). "'Palooka' Jaco gained from suffering Tyson pain". http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=graham_tim&id=2079578. 
2. ^ http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=1534&cat=boxer