Donald Trump says he’s not attending the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan fight, TMZ reports

Donald Trump is not coming to the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez-Amir Khan fight after all.

A day after fight promoter Oscar De La Hoya told reporters at the bout’s official news conference that Trump had been confirmed to attend the Saturday night middleweight title fight at T-Mobile Arena, Trump told TMZ Sports he’s not coming.

The expected Republican nominee for president was invited by De La Hoya under the conditions that Trump -- who has spoken of banning Muslims and building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico -- should attend the fight to watch the positive work brought to the U.S. by a Mexican (Alvarez) and a Muslim (England’s Khan).

De La Hoya told reporters Wednesday he was actually surprised to hear Trump had at that point accepted the tickets that De La Hoya clarified were “not ringside.”

Judging from some of the reaction on social media, where one fan said he’d buy “one beer to drink and one to throw,” the fans’ treatment of Trump was not expected to be cordial.

Trump is a big boxing fan, having previously hosted ESPN fights at his property in Atlantic City and attended such bouts October’s Gennady Golovkin-David Lemieux middleweight title match at Madison Square Garden.

When asked about Trump on Wednesday, Alvarez said some of the candidate’s comments about Mexicans coming to the U.S. bringing violence were misguided.

“It hurts, it offends,” Alvarez said. “I want him to understand. When I’m out there running, I see my countrymen working hard, working in the fields. Not everyone is coming here to rob and steal. That hurts. We want to show him a lot of the immigrants who come here come to succeed and be victorious.”

De La Hoya set up the best moment of the news conference by telling the crowd that Trump would attend the bout, although a Trump spokeswoman contacted by The Times on Wednesday didn’t return telephone and emailed messages asking about his attendance.

“Who knows?” Khan said. “This could be the last fight here for me and Canelo if Donald Trump becomes president. Get your tickets now.”