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Riku Immonen | |
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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.
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.
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.
Professional
Amateur
Awards
47 Fights38 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 |
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