Sentence date set for Qld one punch killer

A New Zealand man facing a hefty jail sentence for killing Brisbane teenager Cole Miller with a single punch will learn his fate in June.

Armstrong Renata, 22, will be sentenced in the Supreme Court on June 26 after last year pleading guilty to unlawful striking causing death.

Mr Miller was an elite water polo player and on track to follow in the footsteps of his Olympian brother, Billy.

The 18-year-old and a friend were walking through the nightclub district of Fortitude Valley on January 3 last year when they were set upon by four strangers.

Renata came from behind and punched Mr Miller in the back of the head, causing massive brain trauma.

He died in hospital the next day.

Renata was charged under tough new laws introduced in Queensland in 2014 designed to combat alcohol-fuelled violence.

He faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and will have to serve 80 per cent or 15 years of any jail sentence handed to him.

His sentencing date was set in Brisbane's Supreme Court on Friday afternoon and his co-accused Daniel Maxwell, who is yet to enter a plea, had his case listed for review on March 10.