By Keith Idec

Shakur Stevenson’s hometown fight is set for July 13.

The 2016 Olympic silver medalist will meet Miami’s Hairon Socarras in the 10-round main event that night at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The 21-year-old Stevenson (11-0, 6 KOs) was born and raised in Newark, but the fast-rising featherweight contender now resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

ESPN.com first reported that Stevenson-Socarras was finalized.

Stevenson has been pushing to fight in his hometown since the talented southpaw turned pro two years ago. He recorded the most impressive victory of his pro career near Newark in his last fight.

In that bout, Stevenson convincingly out-pointed Puerto Rico’s Christopher Diaz (24-2, 16 KOs) in a 10-rounder on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan undercard April 20 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Diaz was considered a significant step up in opposition, but Stevenson handled him relatively easily.

The Cuban-born, 26-year-old Socarras (22-0-3, 14 KOs) beat Jesus Martinez (25-8, 12 KOs) by fifth-round technical knockout in his most recent fight, May 10 in Hollywood, Florida. Even though Socarras has twice as much pro experience, Stevenson figures to be the best opponent Socarras will have faced since he turned pro in February 2011.

ESPN will televise the Stevenson-Socarras bout as the main event of a doubleheader July 13.

BoxingScene.com has learned that in the co-featured fight that night, Chicago’s Joshua Greer and Russia’s Nikolai Potapov are set to square off in an IBF bantamweight elimination match. They’ll fight for the vacant No. 2 spot in the IBF’s 118-pound rankings.

The 24-year-old Greer (20-1-1, 12 KOs) is rated No. 4 by the IBF, seven spots ahead of the 29-year-old Potapov (20-1-1, 11 KOs).

The July 13 show also will include the return of junior welterweight prospect Julian Rodriguez (16-0, 10 KOs).

The 24-year-old Rodriguez, of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, hasn’t fought since September 2017, largely due to a nagging shoulder injury. Rodriguez’s opponent is not yet set.

The Stevenson-Socarras card will be officially announced June 10 during a press conference at Prudential Center.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.