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| Title | <The Beastly Boxer> |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Highmountain tauren |
| Level | 10-45 Rare |
| Reaction | Alliance Horde |
| Location | Skyhorn, Highmountain[53.8, 51.2] |
| Status | Alive |
Taurson, the Beastly Boxer, is a Highmountain tauren vignette found in a boxing cave south of Skyhorn in Highmountain. Players who approach him can challenge him to a fight. After sufficiently damaging Taurson, he admits defeat and runs out of the cave, allowing the player to loot
[Taurson's Champion Belt] from Taurson's Prize.
Abilities[]
Lightning Jabs 30 yd yd range — Performs a series of rapid strikes, inflicting high Physical damage in front of Taurson. (3 sec cooldown)
Punch Out! (100 Energy) — Taurson winds up and throws a massive uppercut, inflicting heavy Physical damage in a cone in front of him. (5 sec cooldown)
Addtitionally, Taurson always has the Taurson's Might buff, which causes him to gain Energy on successful melee hits.
Quotes[]
When spoken to:
- I'm the heavyweight champion of Highmountain! You think you can take me on, kid? It'll be a punch out! Show me what you're worth... but when I knock you down DON'T GET UP!
I'm ready!
During fight:
- Your experience doesn't match mine!
Using Lightning Jabs:
- I'm gonna charge right over you!
- You think you can match the strength of my fists?
Defeat:
- Okay stop! STOP! Watch the jaw! You win! I've never seen such speed before. You're a good kid, mac. Keep it up. I'll be back for my belt some day.
Tracking quest[]
To check whether Taurson has been defeated, copy and paste this command into the chat window:
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(39872))
If a "true" appears in the chat window, Taurson has been defeated; "false" indicates the opposite.
Trivia[]
- Taurson is a reference to the former American boxer Mike Tyson and the 1987 video game Punch-Out!!, the original version of which features Tyson as the final opponent.
Patch changes[]
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.

