Mahommedrasul Majidov () (born 27 September 1986) is an Azerbaijani

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. As an amateur he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold at the 2011, 2013 and 2017

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, 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 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

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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

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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 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

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

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, and the gold medal. Magomedrasul started the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships with two 5-0 wins over

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of the India in the first round, and Hussein Ishaish of

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in the second round. In quarterfinals Majidov wins 3-2 Djamili-Dini Aboudou of France and semifinals he wins Joseph Goodall of Australia and advanced to the final. In the final, Magomedrasul Majidov fight Kamshybek Kunkabayev of

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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

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's Matchroom Boxing USA and would make his professional debut on 13 September 2019, Ed Fountain at

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in New York City. The fight was aired live on

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in the UK and

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in the US as part of the undercard for Devin Haney vs.

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. Majidov won the fight via fourth-round

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(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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Majidov, Magomedrasul Living people Boxers from Baku Super-heavyweight boxers Azerbaijani male boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Azerbaijan Olympic bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Olympic medalists in boxing People from Akushinsky District Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1986 births AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in boxing European Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in boxing Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan