By Mark Vester

Zab Judah and his father/trainer Yoel Judah, are steaming mad over the latest story that was circulated over the internet with respect to Zab's right arm injury. On Wednesday, boxing writer Dan Rafael posted what he said was the "real story" regarding the cause of Zab's arm injury.

The story put out to the media by Team Judah a few weeks ago, had Zab slipping in the shower and while trying to break his fall, he accidently put his arm through the glass door. The injury resulted in 50-stitches to his arm, and caused the cancellation of Zab's May 31 pay-per-view bout with Shane Mosley.

Rafael wrote that "multiple sources on the inside" had informed him of the real story. According to what Rafael wrote, Zab was involved in a serious beef with his father Yoel at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas, and during a fit of rage - Zab self-inflicted the injury by putting his arm through the steam room shower door.

Last night, both Zab and Yoel lashed out at the story during an interview with writer Gabriel Montoya of doghouseboxing.com. Zab claimed the story was false and took aim at Rafael.

“That’s a lie. Me and pops have no problems. We’re leaving the gym right now, training hard every day,” Judah said. “I released my own picture. Dan Rafael’s a piece of sh*t. I know him. He know me. He’s a piece of sh*t. F*ck him. Tell him I said ‘Keep writing stories. Have a good day.’ ”
 
Yoel also denied the story and promised to settle the issue when he runs into Rafael.

“Why would Dan write something like that? What’s his problem? He wants props or something? If it isn’t fact, why would he put it out? He going to have a problem with me now. When I see him, he got a problem with me. All that stuff about me and Zab having problems is nonsense. I have nine sons. All my sons respect me. They listen to me. I don’t have to tell them anything twice. Anyone that know the Judah family or know me as a father, they know if I say something once, it’s done. I don’t go through none of this father and son fighting. They have a lot of respect for me and where Dan come with this . . . we got problems. I’ll see him, though. I’ll see him. Watch.”

Zab will face Joshua Clottey on August 2 for the vacant IBF welterweight title.

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