At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships the hard hitting Majidov stopped Uzbek
Sardor Abdullayev in the round of 16 and Cuban favorite
Erislandy Savón who he dropped heavily in the quarter-finals. In the semis he beat Kazakh
Ivan Dychko 16:9. In the final he edged out Englishman
Anthony Joshua 22:21. At the
2012 Olympics, he stopped
Meji Mwamba and European champion
Magomed Omarov from Russia 17:14 and looked on his way to beat defending champion
Roberto Cammarelle, he was leading 8:6 after the first round but the Italian fought back to win 13:12 and Majidov won bronze. Majidov started the
2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships with two 3–0 wins over
Lenroy Thompson of the United States in the second round, and
Magomed Omarov of Russia in the quarter-finals. He continued on to beat
Roberto Cammarelle in the semi-finals, with a knockdown gained for Majidov in the first round from a big right hand. Despite getting a warning point, he won the bout 3–0 and advanced to the final. In the final,
Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan started brighter, winning the first two rounds on all the judges' scorecards. However, near the beginning of the third round, a
knockdown soon followed by another gave Majidov the victory by
knockout, and the gold medal. Magomedrasul started the
2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships with two 5–0 wins over
Satish Kumar of the India in the first round, and
Hussein Ishaish of
Jordan in the second round. In the quarterfinals Majidov won 3–2 against
Djamili-Dini Aboudou of France and in the semifinals he won against
Joseph Goodall of Australia and advanced to the final. In the final, Magomedrasul Majidov fought
Kamshybek Kunkabayev of
Kazakhstan and won 4–1 winning the gold medal. With this victory, he became the world champion for the third time in super heavyweight. == Professional career ==