Jonathan JJ Corn is a retired boxer from the Menominee Nation. JJ began his boxing career fighting on Joe Swedes’ Neopit-Keshena boxing team from 1987-1991 until joining the Army.

JJ’s early titles included being the 1988 Michigan Silver Gloves 95 lbs. Champion, 1990 Wisconsin Golden Gloves 132 lb. champ, 132lb National Indian Champ and Upper Midwest Jr. Gloves 132 lb. Champion.

After basic training in 1992 at Ft Knox, Kentucky JJ was sent to Ft Carson Colorado and in 1993 was given the opportunity to compete for the post Championship and won it at 156 lbs. and won a spot to compete for the All Army Title.

He dropped down in weight and fought at welterweight 147 lbs. and went to Ft Huachuca in January of 1994 where he won three fights to take home the All Army award. The Army team went to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk, Virginia to compete for the Armed Forces title. The Army team swept the Armed Forces tournament and went 12-0 and a feat that hadn’t been accomplished before or since. The Army team went to the US championships, made it to the semi-finals and received a #5 ranking with USA boxing. That ranking earned them a spot to fight internationally and also competed in the US Olympic Festival. He also boxed that April in Dublin, Ireland in a USA vs. Ireland dual meet. In 1994 he competed in the US Olympic Festival in St Louis, Missouri, and in the Military Olympics in November 1994 in Tunis, Tunisia.

JJ finished his amateur career with 12 amateur titles including the 1988 Michigan Silver Gloves 95 lbs., 1990 Wisconsin Golden Gloves 132 lbs., 1990 National Indian Champion 132 lbs., 1990 Upper Midwest Jr. Gloves, 1993 Ft Carson Post 165 lbs., 1994 All Army Champ 147 lbs., 1994 Armed Forces 147 lbs., 1994 Olympic Festival bronze medalist, 1995 Colorado Golden Gloves 147 lbs., and 1995 North American Indigenous Games gold medal 147 lbs. He finished his amateur career with a record of 106 wins 12 losses.


As a professional JJ won the WAA World Title, the USA Mid-American Light Heavyweight title, the Midwest Light Heavyweight title and fought for the WBO World Middleweight title, IBF International Middleweight title and the IBA International Jr. Middleweight title.