- PRELIM
- Main-event preceder
- Four-rounder, maybe
- Before the main event, for short
- Qualifying contest, for short
- Early-round exam
- Earlier contest
- Early race or round
- Early round
- Qualifying match
- Bout before the main event
- Undercard boxing bout
- Heat, of a sort
- Early round, for short
- Main event opener, briefly
- Fight before the main fight
- Minor match
- Early match, briefly
- Fight before the main event, for short
- It's before the main event
- Fight preceder
- It's before the main event, briefly
- Bout before the main event, briefly
- Opening bout, briefly
- Early tourney match
- Heat at a meet, for short
- Opening bout, for short
- Qualifying match, briefly
- Heat at a race
- Tournament stage, for short
- Early bout
- Early round, perhaps
- Boxing match
- Not the main event
- Early round, briefly
- Qualifying bout, for short
- Early match
- Early tourney round
- Introductory: Slang.
- Early tournament match, for short
- Undercard match, for short
- Undercard fight, for short
- Boxing bout, for short.
- Bout before the biggie
- Heat, for short
- Main-event warm-up
- Early game in a tournament
- Qualifying round, informally
- Event before the main event
- Qualifier
- Early tournament match, informally
- Heat, informally
- Qualifying match, informally
- Heat
- Early round in a competition, informally
- Event featuring unqualified competition?
- Tourney starter
- Qualifier, for short
- Not a heavyweight bout?
- Not the main event, briefly
- Fight before the main fight, briefly
- Main event preceder, briefly
- Early boxing match, informally
- Early boxing match
- Main-event forerunner
- Secondary sports event
- Main event preceder, for short
- Early heat, informally
- Early heat
