Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Robert Garcia have “The Monster” in their sights.

Rodriguez has rapidly ascended to being one of boxing’s top talents at just 25 years old. A unified champion in two divisions, Rodriguez holds The Ring, WBA, WBC and WBO titles at 115 pounds.

Even with the San Antonio native still having business to attend to at junior bantamweight and eventually bantamweight, Garcia believes it’s a matter of when, not if, his prized pupil faces undisputed 122-pound champion Naoya Inoue.

“I’m not hunting the fight, but the fight’s going to happen,” Garcia said on the latest episode of “Inside The Ring,” available on DAZN. “It’s there, why wouldn’t it? It’s not like I’m already working on it, or I’m already negotiating it. After Junto [Nakatani] and Inoue fought in Saudi [Arabia], I was getting phone calls from people in Saudi [Arabia] calling me, telling me, ‘What’s up with this fight. Is it gonna happen?’ On social media, all the talk was Bam versus Inoue. They weren’t even mentioning the main event. That fight is going to happen.”

Rodriguez added the WBA title to his collection of belts in his last bout, a dominant 10th-round stoppage of Fernando Martinez on November 22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on “The Ring IV: Night of the Champions” card.

One can make a more than compelling argument that Rodriguez-Inoue is one of the best, if not the best, fight that can be made in boxing if they find their way into the same weight class. Still, hurdles remain before a bout between the two pound-for-pound greats could come to fruition.

First, Japan’s Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), The Ring’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, has another super fight on the horizon in the form of sixth-ranked countryman Junto Nakatani (32-0, 24 KOs). They ensured their showdown when they won on the same card December 27 in Riyadh.

Inoue, 32, won a dominant unanimous decision over Mexico’s Alan Picasso (32-1-1, 17 KOs) to retain his Ring, IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts. Nakatani, 28, had much more trouble with relentless Mexican Sebastian Hernandez (20-1, 18 KOs), but he also won a unanimous decision.

Garcia previously stated that a potential bout between Rodriguez and Nakatani will also happen.

Garcia added that he currently has his sights set on Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KOs), No. 3 pound-for-pound according to The Ring, winning all of the belts at 115 pounds, which would mean facing IBF champion Willibaldo Garcia next. The Ring’s 2024 “Trainer of the Year” added that Rodriguez could meet Mexico’s Garcia (23-6-2, 13 KOs) for the undisputed title in April or May.

Whenever Rodriguez moves up, Garcia would like for the dynamic southpaw to compete at bantamweight for more than one fight. That would mean Rodriguez would likely fight at least three times before a potential bout against Inoue or Nakatani is a realistic possibility.

However, Garcia also stated that his fighter would be more than willing to go straight into a fight against Inoue if the opportunity presented itself.

“If I tell Bam the fight is there, he’ll jump to 122,” Garcia said. “He doesn’t care. Bam wants to fight anybody.”