Former world junior welterweight title challenger
Jack Catterall announced his split from longtime coaches Jamie Moore and Nigel Travis earlier this month, and now has a new home.
After a successful trial period stateside earlier this year, the 32-year-old has decided to go all-in and will travel 3,400 miles away from his Chorley comforts to work under highly-rated coach Bozy Ennis.
The Ring understands Catterall will fly to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday and head straight into training camp alongside
Jaron Ennis ahead of the Brit's potential match-up with
Ekow Essuman, which could land on the Nov. 15 Chris Eubank Jr-Conor Benn 2 undercard.
Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs, 1 NC) is finishing the final preparations on his own camp, as the former Ring and unified welterweight champion makes his
junior middleweight debut against Angola's bullish Uisma Lima (14-1, 10 KOs) on Oct. 11
live on DAZN.
Catterall (31-2, 13 KOs) was left
unsatisfied by an anticlimactic ending to his welterweight debut against
Harlem Eubank on July 5, ending a second into the seventh round after both were cut by accidental head clashes and Catterall not deemed fit to continue. Essuman could be next.
Essuman (22-1, 8 KOs) has won three straight since an upset points loss by Harry Scarff saw him lose the British, Commonwealth and IBF European titles in November 2023. Chief among them was a career-best scalp of Catterall's former rival
Josh Taylor in Glasgow on May 24, after which the former undisputed 140-pound champion
announced his retirement.
After Catterall parted ways with his former trainers on Sept. 3, the longtime contender thanked his 'best friends' Moore and Travis for their nine-year long partnership and expressed gratitude at headlining his home city three times - in consecutive bouts.
Now campaigning at 147 pounds during an uncertain time for the division's elite, the 13-year pro believes he needed a change of scenery to achieve his long-held world title aspirations. Back in May, Catterall told The Ring about spending a couple weeks' stateside and how beneficial it was learning in a new environment.
"It was good to break the rhythm of driving to the gym in Manchester every day, go out there and spar in different gyms, learn new things, keep growing and learning.
"You never stop learning so to go out there on my own, no coaches so to speak, you put yourself under a bit of pressure on the back foot going to someone else's gym. It's their gym, you're going in there for sparring, but it's nice to feel uncomfortable. That's how you grow, putting yourself in those positions and it worked for me, I met some great people, learned a lot and I've come home feeling revitalised, re-energised and ready to kick on."
"You've got different eyes watching you, obviously want to show out and look good, I was fortunate to spar a lot of top talent out there. It's good that you've got different people watching giving advice and tips - like a college degree - going away, putting yourself on the back foot and keep learning."
Besides the headline attraction in his son Jaron, Bozy's stable has multiple world champions based in Philadelphia, including two-weight world titleholder
Stephen Fulton.
Fulton,
who faces WBC 130-pound titleholder O'Shaquie Foster on the Sebastian Fundora-Keith Thurman undercard come October 25, spoke about adding a different side to his game when asked about Bozy before his
repeat win over Brandon Figueroa on February 1.
"Having Bozy will add to my game," he. said. "He has a different eye for things, I have a really strong corner and it's going to help me out. I can see that Figueroa is trying to work on some new things, like his head movement and trying to box a little bit more."
None of that helped the Mexican-American's case, as Fulton outboxed him in a slow-burning affair to be crowned the WBC featherweight champion. Unsatisfied with the limited unification options at his disposal, now he's chasing Foster's junior lightweight crown.
IBF/IBO world junior middleweight beltholder Oshae Jones and surging lightweight contender Andy Cruz are among the unbeaten names who also feature in Bozy's ranks, as the 69-year-old has received early consideration for Trainer of the Year acclaim.