“Yeah, look, Turki Alalshikh, Netflix … we’ve spoken to them,” Hearn told The Ring while promoting the Anthony Joshua-Kristian Prenga heavyweight fight in London. “They wanna see the fight. [It’s] the biggest fight for Inoue by a mile.”

Alalshikh, owner of The Ring and chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, wants to complete a deal for Inoue to defend his Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 122-pound championships against Rodriguez sometime in January in Inoue’s home country of Japan.

Inoue, 33, is ranked No. 1 on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list, three spots atop the fourth-rated Rodriguez.

Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten countryman Junto Nakatani (32-1, 24 KOs) by unanimous decision May 2 before a capacity crowd of approximately 55,000 at Tokyo Dome.

Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KOs) owns The Ring, WBA, WBC and WBO junior bantamweight championships, but he will move up from the 115-pound division to 118 for his bantamweight debut June 13. The strong southpaw from San Antonio, Texas is scheduled to challenge WBA champ Antonio Vargas (19-1-1, 11 KOs, 1 NC) in a 12-round main event DAZN will stream worldwide from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

DraftKings lists Rodriguez, 26, as a 25-1 favorite over Vargas, of Kissimmee, Florida.

“Vargas is a good fighter, tough opponent,” Hearn said. “And that’s next week. I mean, it’s coming around so quick. And if Bam comes through that, he’ll be calling Inoue out in the ring that night.”

Hearn – whose company, Matchroom Boxing, promotes Rodriguez – isn’t surprised Netflix is intrigued by an Inoue-Rodriguez bout because of its appeal internationally.

“Yeah, it’s a massive, massive fight for Japan,” Hearn said. “You know, and Jessie can beat him. And it would be an unbelievable move to become a four-division world champion. Next week he goes for the third division, so you know, really with [Oleksandr] Usyk probably on his way out and obviously [almost] losing to Rico [Verhoeven], it’s really No. 1 and No. 2, essentially, pound for pound, fighting each other.”