New Delhi: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has pleaded guilty to drug possession and driving under the influence in an Arizona court.
Tyson, who has a long history of legal problems, admitted that he had used cocaine and was addicted to it when he was arrested in December last year.
The 41-year-old boxer is scheduled to be sentenced on November 19. He now faces up to three years and nine months in prison for the charges.
Police stopped Tyson after the boxer had spent the evening at Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge. An officer said he saw Tyson wiping a white substance off the dashboard of his black BMW, and that his speech was slurred. Authorities said they found bags of cocaine in Tyson's pocket and in his car.
Since his arrest, Tyson checked himself into an inpatient treatment program for what his lawyer called ''various addictions.''
In 1986, Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history when, at 20, he knocked out Trevor Berbick. He lost his title four years later when he was knocked out by James ''Buster'' Douglas. By 1997, Tyson's career hit a low point when he bit Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight.
Tyson, 41, recently had been trying to revive his career with a series of boxing exhibitions.
(With inputs from AP)
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