Riku Immonen

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 [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]] -81 kg
 * 1999 I.A.M.T.F. World Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] -71 kg
 * 1998 I.F.M.A. King's Cup World Championships in Samut Prakan, Thailand [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] -71 kg
 * 1998 I.A.M.T.F. European Muay Thai Championships in Calafell, Spain [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] -71 kg
 * 1998 M.T.A.F. Finland Muay Thai Championships in Helsinki, Finland [[Image:Med 1.png|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.