Its simple

Hatton doesnt wanna give someone he hates so much the payday of his life.

Junior would earn 5times in one night what he would earn in his entire career if ricky gave him a shot and it would also draw absoloutely no attention stateside and automatically demote hatton to the 2nd tier of world boxing which he clearly isnt.

This fight makes as much sense as calzaghe fighting froch before carl went over to the states. How many times do you british fight fans need to be told. The money men in this sport work for HBO/Showtime not sky sports and setanta