the first meeting between moonves and roach took place on may 28, 2014, at the scarpetta restaurant in the montage hotel in beverly hills, which salvador attended. both roach and moonves agreed the long-awaited bout had to happen and roach gave moonves the green-light to start making things happen. roach later helped moonves make peace with pacquiao promoter bob arum. moonves then brought the warring elements from both boxers' camps together and, with salvador's help, even arranged meetings at his home. after difficult negotiations, it was not long after that both camps agreed to fight on the night of may 2, 2015. the consensus is that but for salvador's key introduction, the fight would not have happened. both moonves and pacquiao promoter bob arum have confirmed salvador's pivotal role.