The Gladiator Boxing Gym boxers have been faring well of late. And such was the case late last month, when Lacey's Deroy Beaton defeated Mumin Massey of Newark in the quarterfinals of the annual Golden Gloves tournament.

Beaton then followed that up with a win over Dean Spadavecchia of Vernon during the semifinals on March 28 to move on to the final, which is scheduled for tomorrow night, April 18, in Elizabeth .

On March 22, Gladiator Boxing Gym hosted a USA Boxing-sanctioned Junior Olympic card, and several Gladiator boxers did well.

Team Gladiator member Rob Smith of Forked River defeated his opponent, Alex Masumou of the Real Boxing Club from Mananlapan, in the 16-year-old, 125-pound division, while teammate Dan Murray of Barnegat defeated his opponent, Anthony Diaz of the North Bergen PAL, in the 16-year-old, 152-pound division.

The show was a great success in front of a sold-out, standing-room-only crowd. Smith and Murray will be joined by teammates Joe Bockin, Anthony Sodano, Scott Crawford, Frank Serritella, Mike Fuller, Rocco Salimbene, Dave and Ray Dibenedetto, and Robert McCarthy for the upcoming state championship tournament May 3 in Paterson .

Gladiator Gym will host its next amateur card on Saturday, May 31, starting at 6 p.m.