 He began his journalism career with the "Toshkent Haqiqati" newspaper in 1973, moving the next year to the newspaper "Qishloq Haqiqati", where he stayed until 1979.From 1980 to 1981, Mamatov was an editor at the State TV-Radio Company.He then worked for the "Lenin Yoli" newspaper in Samarqand Province from 1982 to 1985.