You call that a debunking? Some agenda-driven site's third-person account? If that's what you call research, I'll pass.
Well, are the boys still friends are not? If he was violently assaulted because of his father's beliefs, I don't believe he would be playing with the boys again. If this was a traditional schoolyard fight, then it is plausible given that we are talking about 7 year old boys that they fought on one days and are friends the next day.