Mike Tyson, former world heavyweight boxing champion and one of the most well-known figures in sports, will serve 24 hours in jail and three years' probation for charges of cocaine possession and driving under the influence.

Tyson had pleaded guilty in September to a felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count. He will begin serving his jail time Tuesday morning.

"I take responsibility for my actions," stated Tyson before Superior Court Judge Helene Abrams. His voice could hardly be heard when he took responsibility for his actions and after that no one heard it again as he refused to speak to reporters as he left the courthouse.

The maxim sentence Tyson could have gotten was of four years and three months in prison. One year in prison was the suggestion of Prosecutor Shane Krauser, who said he believed Tyson was a multiple offender who previously had been convicted of a violent crime, but only lately has he sought treatment for his drug addiction.

"Judge, by my calculations, this is his fourth or fifth chance," Krauser said.

The well-known boxer was pulled over at a traffic stop and he was seen wiping a white substance from his dashboard. He later acknowledged in court that the white substance was cocaine and he was impaired in the night when the incident happened. He was leaving the Scottsdale's Pussycat Lounge nightclub and was stopped for reckless driving in Scottsdale on Dec. 29.

The police officer that pulled Tyson over said he saw the super-star boxer wiping a white substance off the dashboard of his black BMW, and when he addressed him he realized Tyson had difficulties articulating words. According to the official statement, bags of cocaine were found in Mike's pocket and in his car.

In the dialog with the police officers that followed, Tyson said he used cocaine "whenever I can get my hands on it," and despite he was having eloquence problems he bragged about his way of smoking it.

Just for the record, Mike prefers to smoke cocaine in Marlboro cigarettes with the tobacco pulled out, the court documents read. He also smoked marijuana that day and was taking the antidepressant Zoloft.

According to David Chesnoff, Tyson’s attorney, the former champion had taken 29 drug tests without a relapse since he was arrested on Dec. 29. He also has attended Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

Those facts presented by Chesnoff along with letters from Tyson's two former wives impressed Abrams, who said: "You worked to address your addiction and self-destructive behavior."

Tyson also will have to pay a fine and serve 360 hours of community service, including at least 20 hours per month.