Personal Life
Baker served in the Navy prior to becoming a boxer. He was an only child and had only one child himself, Robert Baker, Jr.
After his boxing career, Baker was a foreman for a PennDOT road crew in Penn Hills in the 1980s. He was well regarded for his honesty, humility and fair treatment of his crew. He never spoke of his fame or accomplishments.
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