Riku Immonen

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Riku Immonen
BornRiku Immonen
25 January 1974
Joensuu, Finland
Nationality Flag of Finland.svg Finnish
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
DivisionMiddleweight
Style Muay Thai
TeamTurku Muay Thai
Kickboxing record
Total47
Wins38
By knockout5
Losses4
Draws5
No contests0

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.

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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

Amateur

Awards

Muay thai record

47 Fights38 Wins (5 (T)KO's, 33 decisions), 5 draws, 5 Losses
DateResultOpponentEventMethodRoundNotes
06/12/2014Win Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Landa Gibu Fight Night, Prague, Czech RepublicDecision (Unanimous)3
11/26/1999Win Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke KemptonWMC World title fight, Helsinki FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5Title defend.
09/23/1999Win Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jindrich VeleckyPardubice, Czech RepublicDecision (Split)5
07/27/1999Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Leonid LebedevRangsit stadion, BangkokDecision (Unanimous)5 World Muaythai Council World title fight.
03/20/1999Win Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Kempton Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre KO (Head kick)3Professional debut.
03/13/1999Win Flag of Georgia.svg Giga KordadzeI.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Split)5Final
03/11/1999Win Flag of Belarus.svg Sergy KarpinI.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Unanimous)3Semi-final
03/10/1999Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Leonid LebedevI.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Unanimous)3
03/09/1999Win Flag of Thailand.svg Udon BumroongI.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Unanimous)3
03/07/1999Win Flag of France.svg Benjamin BardissaI.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Unanimous)3
02/04/1999Win Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vaclav CermakHelsinki, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
11/22/1998Win Flag of Finland.svg Petri KitulaFinland Muay Thai Championships in Helsinki, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5Final
10/31/1998Win Flag of Finland.svg Kai KirkonpeltoFinland Muay Thai Championships Elimination, Turku, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5Semi-final
10/12/1998Loss Flag of Sweden.svg Abdo NijeStockholm, SwedenDecision (Split)5
08/23/1998Win Flag of France.svg Hamdaoui RabaI.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, ThailandKO (Low kick)3Final
08/21/1998Win Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke KemptonI.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, ThailandDecision (Split)5Semi-final
08/19/1998Win Flag of Moldova.svg TgnataI.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, ThailandTKO (Retired)3
08/17/1998Win Flag of New Zealand.svg Carl CowleyI.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, ThailandDecision (Unanimous)5
07/18/1998Win Flag of Finland.svg Robert TulonenKuopio Ice Hall, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
04/04/1998Win Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail StepanovI.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, SpainDecision (Split)5Final
04/02/1998Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Leonid LebedevI.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, SpainDecision (Unanimous)3Semi-final
04/01/1998Win Flag of France.svg Philip FerealI.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, SpainDecision (Unanimous)3
03/31/1998Win Flag of Croatia.svg Zvonko JakovljevicI.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, SpainDecision (Unanimous)3
03/30/1998Win Flag of England.svg Lee SmithI.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, SpainDecision (Unanimous)3
02/28/1998Draw Flag of Finland.svg Manu VarhoTampere, FinlandDraw5
07/02/1998Win Flag of Finland.svg Vesa VähäniemiHelsinki, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
11/22/1997Draw Flag of Finland.svg Manu VarhoHelsinki, FinlandDraw5
11/01/1997Win Flag of Finland.svg Vesa VähäniemiTurku, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
10/04/1997Win Flag of Finland.svg Jukka NuutinenHelsinki, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
05/31/1997Win Flag of Sweden.svg Freddy LindholmStockholm, SwedenKO (Body kick)5
05/10/1997Draw Flag of Finland.svg Jukka NuutinenHelsinki, FinlandDraw5
03/28/1997Win Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jindrich VeleckyMost, Czech RepublicKO (Head kick)4
02/12/1997Loss Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Drozd I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Split)3
02/10/1997Win Flag of Hong Kong.svg Suott BeathI.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, BangkokDecision (Unanimous)3
12/07/1996Win Flag of Estonia.svg Juri TamicovichJoensuu, FinlandDecision (Split)5
05/25/1996Loss Flag of Finland.svg Manu VarhoIlosaari, Joensuu, FinlandDecision (Split)5
02/24/1996Win Flag of Estonia.svg Leonti VorontsukTarto, EstoniaDecision (Unanimous)5
11/11/1995Win Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei HaritonovLahti, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
05/27/1995Draw Flag of Finland.svg Antti KiikkoJoensuu, FinlandDraw5
02/24/1995Loss Flag of Finland.svg Manu VarhoTampere, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
06/05/1994Loss Flag of Finland.svg Marko LaakkonenJoensuu, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
04/05/1994Win Flag of Finland.svg Jukka TimonenJoensuu, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)5
09/14/1993Win Flag of Finland.svg Kai KirkonpeltoLahti, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)3
08/22/1993Win Flag of Finland.svg Jukka TimonenTurku, FinlandDecision (Split)3
06/15/1993Win Flag of Finland.svg Tapio LöfmanHotel Julie, Joensuu, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)3
02/15/1993Win Flag of Finland.svg Tapio LöfmanTurku, FinlandDecision (Unanimous)3
11/28/1992Win Flag of Finland.svg Kalle SiltalaJoensuu, FinlandDecision (Split)3

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