“It fascinated me! It gives me a good life”

Although he flirted with the idea of ​​staying in the phenomenon as a coach, “The Shark” is now employed by Air Canada, the airline of the country where he settled. Now the former Romanian pugilist admitted that he would not return to boxing and is delighted with the new occupation.

What does the “Shark” Adrian Diaconu do in Canada: “I have a good life here. Aviation fascinated me”

Adrian Diaconu is now employed in the company's logistics department and deals with the management of aircraft parts that need to be delivered when a company's aircraft needs a part replacement or repair.

“I have a good life here. I worked as security at Air Canada, at the headquarters, which is somewhat close to the airport, in the same area, between the runways. Before I was the only person accredited to guard the office of the former CEO, who was Romanian, Mr. Rovinescu, an extraordinary man, a great man! Then I worked as a security guard.

Now, also at Air Canada, I handle the logistics side, we ship and receive aircraft parts all over the world, including Canada. Mechanics need certain parts, we send them where they are needed. I work at the parts store, in the warehouse, in Canada it's called a store.

Aviation has fascinated me, if I may say so, since the time when I was working as a security guard. I am still fascinated by aviation, I love what I do. My family, except for the boy, who is still in school, works in this field, so to speak. My wife is a flight attendant, my daughter is a flight attendant, I'm in airplanes… we're all in this area. My girl is with a division of Air Canada called Jazz Aviation.

I'm on my days off work now, I have a weirder schedule, I work four days, then stay five. It's like a rotation, two weekends I work, two I stay”, said Adrian Diaconu, according to sport.ro.

Not! I tried boxing, but no… I tried when I returned to Romania, I tried to do something with Doru (no – Leonard Dorin Doroftei), but it was not to be, and now I have given up the idea.

Not! I'm not training my boy, but should I train someone else? I don't have enough patience, I have things that weren't very nice for me… I'm not attracted to training. I don't have the necessary patience. My boy is boxing, I am excited for him, he would have a chance genetically speaking, he also had his first fight, I liked it, but it is a lot of work

–Adrian Deaconaccording to the cited source

Adrian Diaconu / Photo: Facebook

Who was Adrian Diaconu: WBC champion

Adrian Diaconu was a professional boxer from 2001 to 2011 and held the WBC belt from 2008 to 2009. The athlete from Ploiesti had 30 professional fights and achieved 27 victories. The last match was on May 21, 2011, with Chad Dawson. He was then defeated by unanimous decision.

Diaconu represented Romania at the 2000 Olympic Games and as an amateur he won 3 medals, one silver (Houston 1999) and two bronze (Budapest 1997 and Minsk 1998).