Shakur Stevenson is paving his way to stardom -- at 135 pounds

Shakur Stevenson returns to his native Newark, New Jersey, squarely on the precipice of pound-for-pound greatness, if not stardom. At 25, Stevenson owns an Olympic silver medal along with titles in two weight classes.

Until Thursday, when he failed to make weight, Stevenson was a unified champion at 130 pounds. He was stripped of those titles after he weighed 131.6 pounds. The fight will proceed — Conceicao is eligible to win the WBC and WBO belts — after Stevenson and Conceiao reached an agreement on a financial penalty, sources said.

Stevenson and Conceicao, an Olympic gold medalist, will meet Friday in the main event (10 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+) in what Shakur insists will be his final fight before he campaigns at 135 pounds, a weight division that should, at long last, prove just how great Stevenson can become.

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Friday, 5:55 p.m. ET on ESPN+: Shakur Stevenson vs. Robson Conceicao undercard

Friday, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+: Shakur Stevenson vs. Robson Conceicao, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC and WBO junior lightweight titles

Saturday, 2 p.m. ET on ESPN+: Shakur Stevenson vs. Joe Joyce vs. Joseph Parker, 12 rounds, heavyweights, and Amanda Serrano vs. Sarah Mahfoud, 10 rounds, for Serrano's WBC and WBO women's featherweight titles and Mahfoud's IBF women's featherweight title

«I gave it my all,» tweeted Stevenson, ESPN's No. 9 pound-for-pound boxer. «I've been professional my whole career and made weight, but my body just can't make 130 anymore. My health has to come first. I'm moving up to 135 in my next fight.»

Really, the loss of Stevenson's titles won't impact him negatively, though if it happens again at 135