Angelo Leo is ready to test himself against the fighter many consider to be the pound-for-pound king of the sport, Naoya Inoue.

Leo will make the first defense of the IBF featherweight title he won with a highlight-reel knockout over Luis Alberto Lopez on May 24 in Japan.

Leo will take on former bantamweight titleholder Tomoki Kameda in the challenger’s hometown of Osaka.

The plan for Leo, who is signed with Garry Jonas’ ProBox TV, is to elevate his profile in Japan before taking on the country’s biggest star in Inoue.

“Yeah, that could definitely be in the works as well, you know, it correlates well with what we got going on, you know, me fighting in Japan,” Leo, 26. told BoxingScene. “Inoue's from Japan, and Inoue is fighting a ProBox TV fighter in his next fight. I'm a ProBox TV fighter as well, so it kind of all ties in together.”

Inoue has long talked of a move up in weight to featherweight, but he will first face another ProBox TV fighter in Ramon Cardenas on May 4 in Las Vegas.

“Garry Jonas [and I], we've talked and that is the plan,” Leo said. “Japanese fans, they love boxing, and so, yeah, it's great to expand out there in Japan – especially if I get that fight with Inoue in the future.”

Inoue has picked up the alias “The Monster” after dispatching opponents in devastating fashion from light flyweight to junior featherweight.

Many fighters are guilty of giving “The Monster” too much respect and have backed away from Inoue in fear of his frightening power.

Leo is not intimidated by Inoue and would be confident going into a potential bout.

“Well, I think I'm going to win – that's the way I think it's going to go and we'll go in there and give him my all,” he said. “I think he's a great fighter, he's an elite fighter, but his nickname has nothing to do with his skills.”