{"id":18772,"date":"2022-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=18772"},"modified":"2022-10-03T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:48:12","slug":"why-do-we-say-throw-my-hat-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistoryrevealed\/2022\/09\/29\/why-do-we-say-throw-my-hat-in-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we say \u2018throw my hat in the ring\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-orange-color\">Q&amp;A<\/span><\/h4>\n\n<h2 class=\"article-subhead\"><strong>Why do we say \u2018throw my hat in the ring\u2019?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-ccp-secondary-background-color has-background\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-color\">\u2022 <\/span><span style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">SHORT  ANSWER<\/span><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-full-body\">There really was a hat and a ring <\/p>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-ccp-primary-dark-background-color has-background\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-primary-dark-color\">\u2022 <\/span><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-yellow-color\">LONG  ANSWER<\/span> <\/h5>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/GettyImages_1298814540-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-19116\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The phrase, an intention to take up a challenge, tends to be used by politicians. It has also been adopted as the motto of the US 94th Fighter Squadron. Yet it didn\u2019t come from politics or air forces, but sports. Amateur boxers in the early 19th century declared they were ready for a bout by literally throwing their hat into the roped-off ring. The earliest-known mention comes from <em>The Sporting Magazine<\/em> in 1805: \u201cBelcher appeared confident of success, and threw his hat into the ring, as an act of defiance to his antagonist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-ccp-white-background-color has-ccp-white-color\"\/>\n\n<p class=\"footer\" style=\"font-size:12px\">GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q&amp;A Why do we say \u2018throw my hat in the ring\u2019? \u2022 SHORT ANSWER There really was a hat and a ring \u2022 LONG ANSWER The phrase, an intention to take up a challenge, tends to be used by politicians. 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