The undefeated, unified junior bantamweight champ still wouldn’t hesitate to challenge undisputed junior featherweight champ Naoya Inoue in his next fight.

Inoue has to beat Japanese rival Junto Nakatani in their 122-pound showdown Saturday night at Tokyo Dome. Rodriguez told Rick Reeno, The Ring’s CEO, that he feels facing Inoue would determine the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport during the newest episode of the “Mr. Verzace Podcast,” available on The Ring’s YouTube channel.

“If that fight was presented to me right now,” Rodriguez said, “I’d definitely go ahead and take it.”

Rodriguez, a 26-year-old San Antonio native, would gladly travel to Inoue’s home country to fight him because The Ring, WBA, WBC and WBO 115-pound champ considers it one of the defining fights in the history of the lower weight classes.

“I really don’t care where it is,” Rodriguez said. “I love going to Japan anyway, so if I were to go to fight out there for the first time that would be great. … If it’s in the United States, that’s great as well, just because there’s a lot of Mexican American fans that would support as well. Wherever the fight ends up being, I don’t care, as long as the fight happens.”

Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KOs) is focused for now on facing Vargas (19-1-1, 11 KOs) for the 2016 U.S. Olympian’s WBA bantamweight title. DAZN will stream their bout as the main event of a Matchroom Boxing card at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

The former IBF/WBO flyweight champ looks forward to watching two elite-level stars squaring off next weekend in another main event DAZN will stream globally from Tokyo.

Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) is ranked No. 2 on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list, two spots atop Rodriguez and four spots ahead of Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs). DraftKings lists Inoue as a 4-1 favorite to win their fascinating fight for his Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts.

“I think it’s a great fight,” Rodriguez said. “I think whoever lands the first big punch definitely is gonna put the other to sleep. But it’s gonna be hard. That’s a great fight. They’re both pound-for-pound greats. They’re both world champions. So, I think this is the kind of fight that like whoever lands first is going to win.”

Rodriguez favors Inoue, but he doesn’t discount Nakatani’s chances because he struggled on his way to beating aggressive, rugged Mexican underdog Sebastian Hernandez (20-1, 18 KOs) unanimously on points on “The Ring V: Night of the Samurai” card December 27.

“Before those fights, I was favoring Inoue to win the fight,” Rodriguez said in reference to Nakatani’s win and Inoue’s easier points victory over Alan Picasso in the main event. “And then, those fights didn’t change anything [to me]. Styles make fights. The guy Nakatani fought was non-stop pressure. I don’t think Inoue has that same kind of style. Styles make fights.”