Hyderabad, March 5 -- The controversial British-American kickboxer turned social media influencer Andrew Tate, who has been detained in Romania since December, has denied having lung cancer.

This comes after a copy of his medical file went viral on social media platforms and also came after his manager, The Sartorial Shooter took to Instagram on Friday to inform that the news was true.

Now, Tate has denied the news and called it rumours. Taking to Twitter, he said his lungs have the capacity of an "Olympic athlete".

"I do not have cancer. My lungs contain precisely 0 smoking damage. In fact, I have an 8L lung capacity and the vital signs of an Olympic athlete," Andrew Tate tweeted.

"There is nothing but a scar on my lung from an old b...