Paul Diamond
| Paul Diamond | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Thomas Boric |
| Born |
May 11, 1961 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Residence | Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Motley |
| Children | Kiana Boric Quentin Boric |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Paul Diamond Venum The Comet Kid Kato Haito Maximillion Moves Max Moon |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from |
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Tokyo, Japan (as Kato) Nagoya, Japan (as Haito) |
| Trained by |
Boris Malenko Dean Malenko Joe Malenko Chris Adams |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | 2001 |
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Boric | ||
| Date of birth | May 11, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Old Dominion Monarchs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | Calgary Boomers (indoor) | 1 | (0) |
| 1981 | Calgary Boomers | (0) | |
| 1982–1984 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 15 | (0) |
| 1983 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas "Tom" Boric (born May 11, 1961) is a retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond. He is best known for being one half of the tag team Badd Company with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as Kato, one half of The Orient Express, also with Tanaka. Before he was a professional wrestler, Boric was a professional soccer player.
Boric was born in Zagreb , Croatia in 1961 and grew up wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a soccer player. When Boric was 13 years old the family emigrated from Croatia to Canada, settling down in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tom got a full soccer scholarship to Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
After only three semesters at college, Boric was selected as the 6th overall pick of the 1981 NASL draft to play goalkeeper for the recently formed Calgary Boomers of the North American Soccer League. After the Boomers folded in 1981, Boric moved on to the Tampa Bay Rowdies whom he played for until the NASL closed for good in 1984.
After his professional soccer career ended, Boric began training for a professional wrestling career at a Tampa Bay wrestling school run by Boris Malenko along with his two sons Joe Malenko and Dean Malenko who all had a hand in training him.
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