Mahommedrasul Majidov ( az, Məhəmmədrəsul Məcidov) (born 27 September 1986) is an Azerbaijani professional boxer. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the

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and gold at the 2011, 2013 and 2017 World Championships, all in the

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division.

Amateur career

At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships the hard hitting Majidov stopped Uzbek Sardor Abdullayev in the round of 16 and Cuban favorite Erislandy Savon who he dropped heavily in the quarter-finals. In the semis he beat Kazakh

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16:9. In the final he edged out Englishman

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22:21. At the

he stopped

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and European champion Magomed Omarov from Russia 17:14 and looked on his way to beat defending champion

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, 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

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with two 3-0 wins over

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of the United States in the second round, and Magomed Omarov of Russia in the quarter-finals. He continued on to beat

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,

of Kazakhstan started brighter, winning the first two rounds on all the judges' scorecards. However, near the beginning of the third round, a

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soon followed by another gave Majidov the victory by

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, and the gold medal. Magomedrasul started the

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with two 5-0 wins over Satish Kumar of the India in the first round, and

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of Jordan in the second round. In quarterfinals Majidov wins 3-2 Djamili-Dini Aboudou of France and semifinals he wins

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and advanced to the final. In the final, Magomedrasul Majidov fight

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of Kazakhstan and gave the victory 4-1 and the gold medal. With this victory, he became the world champion for the third time in super heavyweight.

Professional career

In September 2019 it was announced Majidov had signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA and would make his professional debut on 13 September 2019, Ed Fountain at

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. The fight was aired live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US as part of the undercard for Devin Haney vs.

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. Majidov won the fight via fourth-round technical knockout (TKO). In April 2021, Majidov suffered the first defeat of his career in his fourth fight when he was stopped in the first round by Andrey Fedosov, who dropped Majidov twice despite fighting for the first time in 30 months. Majidov twisted his ankle after the first knockdown, and needed to be carried out of the ring on a stretcher with an ankle support boot on after the second.

Professional boxing record

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