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Elky Clark (4 January 1898 – 22 September 1956) was a Scottish professional boxer who competed from 1921 to 1927. He held the British and inaugural Commonwealth flyweight titles from 1924 to 1926, the EBU European flyweight title from 1925 to 1926 and previously, the Scottish Area bantamweight title from 1923 to 1924.Born in Bridgeton, Glasgow Clark made his professional debut in November 1921, losing to Alec Boyes.In May 1923, he unsuccessfully challenged for the Scottish flyweight title against Willie Woods (later a Canada flyweight title challenger). He won the title in November that year, Harry McConnell retiring in the thirteenth round. He later also won the Scottish bantamweight title.In March 1924 he faced Kid Kelly for the British flyweight title that became vacant when Jimmy Wilde retired; He stopped Kelly in the twentieth and final round to become British champion. In September that year he beat Jim Hanna to take the British Empire title.