Six months after scoring a second-round stoppage of Josh Wagner May 16 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, Norman is back with his father.

The pair briefly split following Norman's first ever defeat against Devin Haney in November 2025.

While Norman (29-0, 23 KOs, 1 NC) decided to join forces with Shields in March, The Ring's No. 5-rated welterweight left the door open for his father remaining part of the wider coaching team.

Norman Sr. dismissed this perceived demotion and spoke of an unwillingness to "play second fiddle", but things have since cooled between father and son.

In an interview with MillCityBoxing last week, Norman Sr. was asked to clarify the situation and intimated it's a development that had been brewing for a few months.

"My son never left me. We were cool, it's growing pains, that's how I see it. If he felt like he wanted to get some distance or go and see this and that, what life's really about, if the grass is greener on the other side, have at it son."

"We came in this together, I couldn't see it [going] any other way. He went to a great trainer like Ronnie Shields, I love his work and his resume, his output of fighters, Hall of Famer in Ronnie, that's a plus for me because my son left for a world-class trainer... then came back. It makes me feel good, you learned whatever and realized 'my pop's got it', a better fit or whatever he realized. That's no slight towards Ronnie, nothing but respect for him, I appreciate him looking out for my son and getting him through the fight, as a man sometimes you do need to step away from under your father's shadow and I haven't got a problem with that."

The Georgia native was linked with fights against Keyshawn Davis and Conah Walker.

Now, the 25-year-old former beltholder is slated to face Abel Ramos (29-6-3, 22 KOs) at San Francisco's Chase Center on the December 19 bill headlined by Haney's WBO/IBF title unification with Liam Paro.