Jack Catterall is looking forward to showing the results of two months worth of hard work when he boxes Ekow Essuman this weekend.

Earlier this year, the welterweight made the difficult decision to leave behind his young family and his long time trainer, Jamie Moore, and crossed the Atlantic to join up with Derrick “Bozy” Ennis at his gym in Philadelphia.

The new partnership gets underway at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night. Catterall (31-2, 13 KOs) will box Essuman (22-1, 8 KOs) over 12 rounds on the undercard of the middleweight rematch between Chris Eubank and Conor Benn. The event will be broadcast on DAZN Pay-Per-View.

The 32-year-old former world title challenger hopes the move to America will reinvigorate his career.

“You've got to take in some consideration the fans are coming to watch you fight and I believe I’ve put on some good fights over the years,” Catterall told The Ring’s Louis Hart.

“There's been one or two performances where you would probably say I underperformed but again that’s on me. I took myself out my comfort zone. I've been away training and preparing hard for this fight.”

These days, Catterall is known for his calm, sharpshooting style but on his his rise through the ranks, the southpaw was respected as a ruthless finisher with heavy hands and outstanding timing.

There is no footage of his frightening one punch knockout of the unbeaten Nathan Brough back in 2014 but he took the talented amateur out with the type of razor sharp left hand you don’t see from run of the mill prospects.

He then bludgeoned his way to a dominant fifth-round stoppage win over former Olympian, Tom Stalker.

As his career progressed and the stakes got higher, Catterall’s fights began to go longer.

Of course, the opposition got steadily tougher but the consequences of defeat also became much bigger. Catterall was always seen as a high risk, low reward opponent and any kind of loss would have made it much easier for potential opponents to avoid him. With a world ranking to protect, winning became the be all and end all while he waited for a major opportunity to present itself.

Catterall finds himself in a similar situation again.

At this stage of his career, a defeat on Saturday night would be extremely difficult to come back from. Conversely, an eye catching win will put him back in the mix for world title opportunities.

Don’t expect to see Catterall walk to the centre of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, plant his feet and trade bombs with Essuman but, if and when he does establish superiority over the tough, aggressive 36-year-old, you may just see the return of the cruel, nasty fighter who broke through more than a decade ago.

“I wouldn't say I want to make things exciting,” he said.

"Of course, you want to entertain the fans. My style of fighting is my style of fighting. Very clinical, don’t take a lot of punches and beat them and beat them well but we've made the adjustments. As everybody knows, I've got a new training team now so a fresh set of eyes and I'm feeling good. I think these styles are going to gel well Saturday.”