More than 800 people attended a boxing charity evening in memory of John “King” Abbey, the fighter who was stabbed to death at a bus stop in front of his three-year-old daughter.

The boxing fraternity put on the matches at Caesar's Palace in Streatham on Sunday night to honour their fallen friend, and to raise money for his children.

Mr Abbey's fifth son was born on the day that he was murdered in West Croydon.

His fiancée Emma Abbott sat in the crowd along with other members of his family.

Organisers managed to raise over £1,000 and the donations are still pouring in.

Caesar's Palace was a fitting venue for the memorial considering that the promising amateur boxer fought his last match there in December.

One of the matches fought on the night between Mr Abbey's friends Paul Hill and Colin Wilby was a knock-out.

The owner of the club Fred Batt said: “King was a talented boxer, a great fighter and a lovely kid. He was always polite and respectful.”

Organisers auctioned off donated items, which included a weekend at celebrity gangster Dave Courtney's house.

Teddy Bam Bam, a promoter was involved in the organisation of the evening. He said: “King was one of my boxers, Sunday night was very hard.

“We are setting a trust for the kids in King's name.

“We are also setting up a website to keep him alive, make something good come out of something bad.”

He added: “People are struggling out there and we still managed to raise a thousand pounds, and I think it’s the least we can do.

“The family needs support and I think it’s disgusting that no financial support has been offered from the Ghanaian embassy to help fly King home.

“How is King’s family supposed to pay for everything? It's bad and they need that additional help."

Emma Abbott, Mr Abbey's fiancée, said: “I would just like to express my appreciation for all those involved in last night's boxing at Caesar’s Palace, Streatham.

“Although for me it was very difficult to be there, knowing that King should have been boxing there last night, I am glad I went to meet all the nice people.

Ricky English, one of the organisers, said: “He was a very talented boxer and was definitely going somewhere.

“He was a very loving kind of guy and just adored his kids. We have to keep this rolling now and get money in so that life is a bit easier for his kids.

“They don't have a dad now; we just wanted to give them something.”

Former boxer Winston McKenzie gave a speech about gun and knife crime.

He said: “As a former boxer I felt obligated to his memory to attend. But, more over, my political ambition is to bring these issues, which cause so many unnecessary deaths, to the fore.”

If anyone would like to contribute to the trust fund to help King's family they can email jkfund@hotmail.co.uk