Jamyle Cannon is the Founder and Executive Director of The Bloc. He is the 2009 National

Collegiate Boxing Champion and a Teach for America Alumni member. He holds a Bachelor’s

Degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky and a Masters in Education from

Arizona State University. In 2016, after building a popular boxing program in his classroom,

Cannon combined his love for youth development, boxing, and education to form The Bloc.

He has been recognized as a CNN Hero, a 4-Star Chicagoan by Windy City Live, a Luminary

Award Winner and is generally considered by the fighters in The Bloc to be the baddest man

alive. He has sincere plans to change the after school landscape of Chicago’s West Side and

provide community-building resources to his neighbors.