Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KOs) appears to be on track to face fellow pound-for-pounder Naoya Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs) in one of the biggest possible fights sometime soon, assuming the American gets past WBA 118-pound champion Antonio Vargas on Saturday night.

One idea isn't to move directly into the superfight, however. Rodriguez likes the notion of facing Takuma as a lead-in the bigger fight.

“Beating his brother and then fighting the second brother,” Rodriguez told The Ring. “That’s the perfect storyline to the Naoya Inoue fight.”

Takuma Inoue, who holds the WBC bantamweight title, is all for a possible unification bout.

“It’s hot,” Takuma wrote on his X account. “I’d definitely love to do it!”

Takuma (22-2, 5 KOs) isn’t as ballyhooed as his brother, but he's on a hot streak, winning nine of his last 10. And he's ranked No. 2 in the bantamweight division by The Ring.

Still, he'd be a massive underdog against the more accomplished Rodriguez. The Ring’s No. 4 ranked fighter pound for pound has run through the competition, including knockouts of unbeaten opponents Phumelela Cafu and Fernando Martinez last year.

As for Naoya, he’s coming off arguably the biggest win of his career. The Ring’s No. 1 ranked pound-for-pounder faced off against Junto Nakatani in an all-Japanese showdown in May, winning a clear unanimous decision to retain his 122-pound Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO titles.

Takuma could soon have his chance to do something special.