Same problem here. Tried it a dozen times. Boss freezes in phase2.
Tried it with a friend two times ... he creates the game. Same problem.
Then he tries to solo it and could complete the encounter without problems.
So it seems that it was me/my PC who was responsible for the bug in the coop game. Maybe some kind of hardware based bug?
Well, I managed to complete the Game now, too.
I closed all Windows applications, Browser, Discord, Spotify.
InGame Settings I switched from Windowed fullscreen to Fullscreen.
I changed all the graphic settings to Low!
Turned off all Motion Blur and Lens Flaires.
Then tried again .. it worked this time. Maybe by accident, maybe the settings changes made it.
Hope this also will help someone else.