Riku Immonen

Riku Immonen
BornRiku Immonen
25 January 1974
Joensuu, Finland
NationalityFinland Finnish
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
DivisionMiddleweight
StyleMuay 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.

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 Silver -81 kg
  • 1999 I.A.M.T.F. World Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand Gold -71 kg
  • 1998 I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand Gold -71 kg
  • 1998 I.A.M.T.F. European Muay Thai Championships in Calafell, Spain Gold -71 kg
  • 1998 M.T.A.F. Finland Muay Thai Championships in Helsinki, Finland Gold -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 Czech Republic Daniel Landa Gibu Fight Night, Prague, Czech Republic Decision (Unanimous) 3
11/26/1999 Win Australia Luke Kempton WMC World title fight, Helsinki Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5 Title defend.
09/23/1999 Win Czech Republic Jindrich Velecky Pardubice, Czech Republic Decision (Split) 5
07/27/1999 Win Ukraine Leonid Lebedev Rangsit stadion, Bangkok Decision (Unanimous) 5 World Muaythai Council World title fight.
03/20/1999 Win Australia Luke Kempton Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre KO (Head kick) 3 Professional debut.
03/13/1999 Win Georgia (country) Giga Kordadze I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Split) 5 Final
03/11/1999 Win Belarus Sergy Karpin I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Unanimous) 3 Semi-final
03/10/1999 Win Ukraine Leonid Lebedev I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Unanimous) 3
03/09/1999 Win Thailand Udon Bumroong I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Unanimous) 3
03/07/1999 Win France Benjamin Bardissa I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Unanimous) 3
02/04/1999 Win Czech Republic Vaclav Cermak Helsinki, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
11/22/1998 Win Finland Petri Kitula Finland Muay Thai Championships in Helsinki, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5 Final
10/31/1998 Win Finland Kai Kirkonpelto Finland Muay Thai Championships Elimination, Turku, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5 Semi-final
10/12/1998 Loss Sweden Abdo Nije Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Split) 5
08/23/1998 Win France Hamdaoui Raba I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand KO (Low kick) 3 Final
08/21/1998 Win Australia Luke Kempton I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand Decision (Split) 5 Semi-final
08/19/1998 Win Moldova Tgnata I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand TKO (Retired) 3
08/17/1998 Win New Zealand Carl Cowley I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 5
07/18/1998 Win Finland Robert Tulonen Kuopio Ice Hall, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
04/04/1998 Win Russia Mikhail Stepanov I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain Decision (Split) 5 Final
04/02/1998 Win Ukraine Leonid Lebedev I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 Semi-final
04/01/1998 Win France Philip Fereal I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3
03/31/1998 Win Croatia Zvonko Jakovljevic I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3
03/30/1998 Win England Lee Smith I.A.M.T.F. European Championships in Calafell, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3
02/28/1998 Draw Finland Manu Varho Tampere, Finland Draw 5
07/02/1998 Win Finland Vesa Vähäniemi Helsinki, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
11/22/1997 Draw Finland Manu Varho Helsinki, Finland Draw 5
11/01/1997 Win Finland Vesa Vähäniemi Turku, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
10/04/1997 Win Finland Jukka Nuutinen Helsinki, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
05/31/1997 Win Sweden Freddy Lindholm Stockholm, Sweden KO (Body kick) 5
05/10/1997 Draw Finland Jukka Nuutinen Helsinki, Finland Draw 5
03/28/1997 Win Czech Republic Jindrich Velecky Most, Czech Republic KO (Head kick) 4
02/12/1997 Loss Russia Grigory Drozd I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Split) 3
02/10/1997 Win Hong Kong Suott Beath I.A.M.T.F. World Championships, Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Decision (Unanimous) 3
12/07/1996 Win Estonia Juri Tamicovich Joensuu, Finland Decision (Split) 5
05/25/1996 Loss Finland Manu Varho Ilosaari, Joensuu, Finland Decision (Split) 5
02/24/1996 Win Estonia Leonti Vorontsuk Tarto, Estonia Decision (Unanimous) 5
11/11/1995 Win Estonia Sergei Haritonov Lahti, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
05/27/1995 Draw Finland Antti Kiikko Joensuu, Finland Draw 5
02/24/1995 Loss Finland Manu Varho Tampere, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
06/05/1994 Loss Finland Marko Laakkonen Joensuu, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
04/05/1994 Win Finland Jukka Timonen Joensuu, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5
09/14/1993 Win Finland Kai Kirkonpelto Lahti, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 3
08/22/1993 Win Finland Jukka Timonen Turku, Finland Decision (Split) 3
06/15/1993 Win Finland Tapio Löfman Hotel Julie, Joensuu, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 3
02/15/1993 Win Finland Tapio Löfman Turku, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 3
11/28/1992 Win Finland Kalle Siltala Joensuu, Finland Decision (Split) 3

See also

References

Sources

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