Arnulfo Obando (boxing coach)

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{{short description|Nicaraguan boxing coach}}

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| birth_name = Arnulfo Obando

| birth_date =1962

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| death_date =10 November 2016

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Arnulfo Obando (1962 – 10 November 2016) was a boxing coach from Nicaragua. His most notable boxer was Román González, whom he coached from 2010 to his death in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://news.co.cr/nicaraguan-world-champion-roman-gonzalez-mourns-death-trainer-arnulfo-obando/52978/|title=Nicaraguan World Champion Roman Gonzalez mourns death of his trainer Arnulfo Obando|author=Laura Alvarado|date=10 November 2010|accessdate=19 March 2019|publisher=The Costa Rica Star|quote=Obando was in Chocolatito’s corner in three of the four times that he was crowned champion, they began working together in 2010 when Gonzalez, now a four-division world champion, was defending his title against Ivan Meneses.}} He was one of five nominated for Trainer of the Year by The Ring magazine in 2015 but the award went to Joe Gallagher.{{cite web|url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2016/1/12/10755618/joe-gallagher-wins-ring-magazine-trainer-of-the-year-award|title=Joe Gallagher wins Ring Magazine Trainer of the Year award|author=Will Esco|date=12 January 2016|publisher=Ring Magazine|accessdate=19 March 2019}}