David Jaco

David Lee Jaco (born January 24, 1954 ) 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. Although he lost bouts to Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Tommy Morrison, Carl Williams, Tony Tucker, Buster Douglas, Mike Weaver and Oliver McCall, he won bouts against the undefeated Donovan Ruddock, Rick "King Kong" Keller, and many more.

Jaco's first high-profile victory came against a 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. and grew up in Toledo where he worked at Interlaken Steel after graduating from Clay High School. He remarried and had an additional four daughters: Kaleigh, Brittany, Madison, and Sydney—all of whom grew up to be athletes. Today he is an independent contractor, transporting workers' compensation recipients to their doctor appointments.

Jaco's two sons also boxed.

In 2003, it was reported that Jaco ran a youth boxing program at the Manatee County Police Athletic League. Jaco said "I know the harm in taking medication in pills and painkillers, so I took to smoking marijuana to ease my pain and help me sleep at night." The program head Michael Polin said Jaco was an "excellent" boxing instructor.

Professional boxing record

Loss

TKO 8 17/09/1994

Loss

UD 10 31/07/1993

Loss

TKO 2 29/01/1993

Loss

UD 10 11/07/1992

Loss 24–21–1

PTS 10 12/06/1992

Loss 24–20–1

TKO 4 14/03/1992

Loss 24–19–1

TKO 3 14/02/1992

Win 24–18–1

TKO 3 16/10/1991

Draw 23–18–1

PTS 10 07/09/1991

Win 23–18

SD 6 11/06/1991

Win 22–18

TKO 2 11/05/1991

Win 21–18

TKO 4 20/10/1990

Loss 20–18

KO 1 19/09/1989

Loss 20–17

TKO 1 18/02/1989

Loss 20–16

TKO 1 28/12/1988

Loss 20–15

TKO 4 24/10/1988

Loss 20–14

UD 10 30/06/1988

Loss 20–13

TKO 9 21/05/1988

Win 20–12

KO 1 11/03/1988

Loss 19–12

UD 10 20/02/1988

Loss 19–11

KO 2 29/07/1987

Loss 19–10

KO 2 22/11/1986

Loss 19–9

KO 9 11/07/1986

Loss 19–8

KO 5 13/05/1986

Loss 19–7

UD 8 19/04/1986

Loss 19–6

TKO 1 11/01/1986

Loss 19–5

TKO 3 19/10/1985

Loss 19–4

KO 6 08/07/1985

Win 19–3

TKO 8 30/04/1985

Loss 18–3

TKO 3 09/02/1985

Win 18–2

KO 3 09/01/1985

Loss 17–2

UD 10 14/11/1984

Win 17–1

UD 8 24/10/1984

Win 16–1

KO 1 21/09/1984

Win 15–1

KO 3 14/09/1984

Win 14–1

KO 4 27/07/1984

Win 13–1

PTS 8 23/06/1984

Loss 12–1

TKO 1 30/06/1983

Win 12–0

TKO 4 16/04/1983

Win 11–0

TKO 1 05/03/1983

Win 10–0

TKO 3 12/02/1983

Win 9–0

PTS 8 19/08/1982

Win 8–0

KO 2 17/04/1982

Win 7–0

KO 3 08/12/1981

Win 6–0

KO 3 09/10/1981

Win 5–0

KO 2 08/08/1981

Win 4–0

PTS 6 29/07/1981

Win 3–0

KO 1 20/06/1981

Win 2–0

KO 1 13/02/1981

Win 1–0

KO 4 06/01/1981