Over the next few years he made mixed progress scoring a further 8 wins against 2 defeats before challenging Daniel Rowsell for the Australian cruiserweight title in July 2001.
[5] The opponent on this occasion was Tosca Petridis and Tauasa picked up the title, this time with a Majority decision.
[6] He defended the title only once against former champion Jamie Wallace[7] winning a unanimous decision on that occasion in July 2003.
In his next fight he travelled to Samoa to win the vacant WBO Oriental cruiserweight title beating Frenchman Charles Baou again in the 4th round.
[9] Tauasa was a contestant on the 4th series of the boxing reality show, The Contender and fought for the blue team.