He's Singing in the Ring: Boxing Champ Oscar De la Hoya Has the Face of a Choirboy. Does He Have the Voice of One, Too?

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It's not enough that Oscar De La Hoya won the world welterweight championship six times and an Olympic gold medal in 1992. Or that the dairy industry's cutest milk-mustache model was the only presenter at last month's Latin Grammys to inspire louder girlie screams from the audience than 'N Sync. De La Hoya, 27, wants more. His newest persona: Oscar the Swoon-Inducing Singer.

De La Hoya's self-titled debut album is a collection of love ballads in English and Spanish that feature the boxer's sweet falsetto over starry-eyed songs like "Mi Amor" and "Tu Me Completas." The album is produced and largely written by Rudy Perez (of Ricky Martin fame), but De La Hoya chose his own …