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Ryan Songalia (born March 27, 1987) is an American sportswriter. He has covered boxing for The Ring magazine since 2011, and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Since beginning his reporting career in 2006, Songalia has written for ESPN, the New York Daily News, Vice and The Guardian. From 2014 to 2018, Songalia worked as the sports editor for Rappler in the Philippines. Songalia has also appeared as a guest analyst for CNN, Al Jazeera and BBC. Songalia is best known for his coverage of some of Manny Pacquiao’s biggest fights, including his 2015 mega-fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., and has covered boxing events in five different countries. In addition to boxing, Songalia has also written about politics, public policy and Philippine sports. He provided on-site coverage during the 2016 U.S. presidential election from Nevada, as well as the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris. Songalia earned a Master of Arts degree in Journalism after graduating from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York in 2020. Songalia was born in Hoboken, New Jersey and was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.