Such was his rejection of a bout with Sam Soliman.
With his mandatory world title defence in Hobart to be held at the Derwent Entertainment Centre on March 7, Geale was met with claims he broke an agreement with Soliman.
While Soliman has a February 19 battle at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre against Garth Wood, the 38-year-old’s management called on lawyers in an attempt to stop Geale's bout, threatened an injunction.
They claim he was disadvantaged because he was unable to find a promoter to complete an IBF-ordered box-off to determine Geale's challenger but the champion says Soliman was trying to cut in line.
“It is funny getting guys like that pretty much trying to jump the queue,” Geale told sportsnewsfirst.com.au.
“I’ve had to work my arse off for so many years and a lot of these guys jump in, have a fight every now and again, jump in, try and get rated and challenge for titles.
“If all these young guys out there seeing that sort of thing, they need to know if you work hard and do the right thing then you get the opportunity.”
With the threat of other sports such as UFC and lacklustre fights failing to live up to the hype threatening to damage the boxing world, Geale has taken it upon himself to keep fighters honest.
Geale’s instructions to willing contenders are simple - wait your turn.
“That’s the power that I have at the moment,” he said.
“I’ve got control to make the decisions and if we want to fight him, we’ll fight him but at this stage that’s not the right fight for us.
"There are better fights out there and people want to see me fight great fighters, they want to see great fights.
“The way boxing is these days if you have too many more crap fights, many more people are going to lose interest in boxing and for me I put that on my shoulders.
“I think boxing is the best sport in the world and we’ve got to do the right thing not only by ourselves but the sport.”
Geale (26-1) faces Ghana-born American Osumana Adama (20-2) in what the champion is anticipating to be a dirty fight.
“He knows my skill levels going to be a lot higher,” he said.
“He’s not going to want to stand back and try and box, he’s going to try and make it rough and dirty.”
Having suffered a hand injury in the first defence of the title against Eromosele Albert in Hobart last year, Geale is now back to full health with his trainers making some slight adjustments to his punching technique which he says has increased his power.
“I’ve got to keep stepping it up and keep getting better,” he said.
“I’ve got a mental attitude that everyone’s after me.
“We constantly look at ways to improve and recover.”