Riku Immonen

Riku Immonen
Riku Immonen
Born	Riku Immonen; 25 January 1974; Joensuu, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Division	Middleweight
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Turku Muay Thai
Kickboxing record
Total	47
Wins	38
By knockout	5
Losses	4
Draws	5
No contests	0

Riku Immonen is a retired Finnish professional Muay Thai kickboxer and active muay thai coach. He is an amateur and professional Muay Thai World Champion. He trains fighters out of Turku Muay Thai. Most well known students are UFC fighter Makwan Amirkhani, Topi Helin and Daniel Forsberg. He trains also UFC fighter Teemu Packalen.

Martial arts

Immonen trained Wrestling 6 months as a child around age of 12, but continued to play volleyball instead of wrestling. Started Muay Thai at age of 18 and stopped fighting at age of 25. He has been coaching since. Made short comeback in 2014 at age of 40 to fight singer Daniel Landa.

Author

Riku Immonen has published two books in Finnish. Short humorous stories of "Adventures of Harley-Davidson man" at motorcycle forum moottoripyora.org became popular and Immonen decided to publish his first book "HD-miehen seikkailut" in 2008. It sold 10 000 copies and the second book "HD-mies ja löydetyn respektin menetys" in 2009 sold 5000 copies. First book has been translated to Estonian language. Immonen has also written articles for print magazines Fighter Magazine and FightSport.

Titles

Professional

1999 WMC World Champion (160lbs)

Amateur

2001 Finland Boxing Championships -81 kg
1999 I.A.M.T.F. World Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand -71 kg
1998 I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand -71 kg
1998 I.A.M.T.F. European Muay Thai Championships in Calafell, Spain -71 kg
1998 M.T.A.F. Finland Muay Thai Championships in Helsinki, Finland -71 kg

Awards

1999 Fighter of the Year - Trophy. Muay Thai Association of Finland.
1999 Tournament 2nd Best Fighter - Award. I.A.M.T.F. World Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
1998 Tournament Most Technical Fighter - Trophy. I.A.M.T.F. European Muay Thai Championships in Calafell, Spain.

Muay thai record

47 Fights 38 Wins (5 (T)KO's, 33 decisions), 5 draws, 5 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Notes
06/12/2014	Win	Daniel Landa	Gibu Fight Night, Prague, Czech Republic	Decision (Unanimous)	3
11/26/1999	Win	Luke Kempton	WMC World title fight, Helsinki Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5	Title defend.
09/23/1999	Win	Jindrich Velecky	Pardubice, Czech Republic	Decision (Split)	5
07/27/1999	Win	Leonid Lebedev	Rangsit stadion, Bangkok	Decision (Unanimous)	5	World Muaythai Council World title fight.
03/20/1999	Win	Luke Kempton	Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre	KO (Head kick)	3	Professional debut.
03/13/1999	Win	Giga Kordadze	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Split)	5	Final
03/11/1999	Win	Sergy Karpin	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Unanimous)	3	Semi-final
03/10/1999	Win	Leonid Lebedev	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Unanimous)	3
03/09/1999	Win	Udon Bumroong	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Unanimous)	3
03/07/1999	Win	Benjamin Bardissa	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Unanimous)	3
02/04/1999	Win	Vaclav Cermak	Helsinki, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
11/22/1998	Win	Petri Kitula	Finland Muay Thai Championships in Helsinki, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5	Final
10/31/1998	Win	Kai Kirkonpelto	Finland Muay Thai Championships Elimination, Turku, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5	Semi-final
10/12/1998	Loss	Abdo Nije	Stockholm, Sweden	Decision (Split)	5
08/23/1998	Win	Hamdaoui Raba	I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand	KO (Low kick)	3	Final
08/21/1998	Win	Luke Kempton	I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand	Decision (Split)	5	Semi-final
08/19/1998	Win	Tgnata	I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand	TKO (Retired)	3
08/17/1998	Win	Carl Cowley	I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand	Decision (Unanimous)	5
07/18/1998	Win	Robert Tulonen	Kuopio Ice Hall, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
04/04/1998	Win	Mikhail Stepanov	I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain	Decision (Split)	5	Final
04/02/1998	Win	Leonid Lebedev	I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain	Decision (Unanimous)	3	Semi-final
04/01/1998	Win	Philip Fereal	I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain	Decision (Unanimous)	3
03/31/1998	Win	Zvonko Jakovljevic	I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain	Decision (Unanimous)	3
03/30/1998	Win	Lee Smith	I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain	Decision (Unanimous)	3
02/28/1998	Draw	Manu Varho	Tampere, Finland	Draw	5
07/02/1998	Win	Vesa Vähäniemi	Helsinki, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
11/22/1997	Draw	Manu Varho	Helsinki, Finland	Draw	5
11/01/1997	Win	Vesa Vähäniemi	Turku, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
10/04/1997	Win	Jukka Nuutinen	Helsinki, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
05/31/1997	Win	Freddy Lindholm	Stockholm, Sweden	KO (Body kick)	5
05/10/1997	Draw	Jukka Nuutinen	Helsinki, Finland	Draw	5
03/28/1997	Win	Jindrich Velecky	Most, Czech Republic	KO (Head kick)	4
02/12/1997	Loss	Grigory Drozd	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Split)	3
02/10/1997	Win	Suott Beath	I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok	Decision (Unanimous)	3
12/07/1996	Win	Juri Tamicovich	Joensuu, Finland	Decision (Split)	5
05/25/1996	Loss	Manu Varho	Ilosaari, Joensuu, Finland	Decision (Split)	5
02/24/1996	Win	Leonti Vorontsuk	Tarto, Estonia	Decision (Unanimous)	5
11/11/1995	Win	Sergei Haritonov	Lahti, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
05/27/1995	Draw	Antti Kiikko	Joensuu, Finland	Draw	5
02/24/1995	Loss	Manu Varho	Tampere, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
06/05/1994	Loss	Marko Laakkonen	Joensuu, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
04/05/1994	Win	Jukka Timonen	Joensuu, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	5
09/14/1993	Win	Kai Kirkonpelto	Lahti, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	3
08/22/1993	Win	Jukka Timonen	Turku, Finland	Decision (Split)	3
06/15/1993	Win	Tapio Löfman	Hotel Julie, Joensuu, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	3
02/15/1993	Win	Tapio Löfman	Turku, Finland	Decision (Unanimous)	3
11/28/1992	Win	Kalle Siltala	Joensuu, Finland	Decision (Split)	3

References

Sources

Suomalaiset kamppailulajien tekijät, Tero Laaksonen, ISBN 9789529949434
Muay Thai record at MTAF
Adventures of Harley-Davidson man at Moottoripyora.org

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