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.

[3] 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.

In the final, Magomedrasul Majidov fight Kamshybek Kunkabayev of Kazakhstan and gave the victory 4-1 and the gold medal.

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. Zaur Abdullaev.